- From: Jeff Jaffe <jeff@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 08:31:51 -0400
- To: MURATA Makoto <eb2m-mrt@asahi-net.or.jp>, W3C Publishing Business Group <public-publishingbg@w3.org>
On 8/29/2018 7:04 AM, MURATA Makoto wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > I am very sorry for missing the last teleconference of the PBG. > I was sick and was thus unable to stay awake. Let me report > the current status of the ISO/IEC standardization of EPUB 3.0.1 > and EPUB A11Y 1.0. > > 1. Decisions of the PBG meeting > > In the PBG meeting on April 24 [1], we adopted the recommendation > of a task force for creating ISO/IEC specifications for EPUB 3.X > and EPUB A11Y. The recommendation is basically > ISO/IEC standardization of EPUB 3.0.1 and EPUB Accessibility 1.0. > > [1] https://w3c.github.io/publ-bg/Meetings/Minutes/2018/2018-04-24-pbg > > 2. EPUB 3.0.1 > > To publish EPUB 3.0.1 as International Standards, the PBG sent two > liaison statements. Daniel Dardailler (W3C Director of International > Relations) does not see any problems with these liaison statements. > > In the first liaison statement [2], we asked SC34/JWG7 not to publish > 3.0.1 as Technical Specifications. In the second liaison statement > [3], we asked Korea to submit 3.0.1 as DISs by the fast-track > procedure. > > I heard from Yong-Sang Cho of Korea that Korean NB submitted EPUB > 3.0.1 via the fast-track procedure on August 6. Voting is expected to > start soon. > > [2] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-archive/2018Aug/0472.html > [3] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-archive/2018Aug/0539.html > > 3. EPUB A11Y 1.0 > > To publish EPUB Accessibility 1.0 as an International Standard, Japan > prepared a draft of a new work item proposal [4]. Japan requested > SC34/JWG7 to discuss this proposal in the upcoming SC34/JWG7 meeting > on September 12. Japan plans to officially submit this proposal and > start a ballot after the meeting. > > Daniel Dardailler confirmed that W3C has no issue with this > transposition, although he did suggest another possibility: creating a > W3C recommendation for EPUB A11Y first and then sending it to JTC1 via > the PAS procedure. Members of the task force (mentioned above) think > that his suggestion is a very useful input for the standardization > of EPUB A11Y 1.1 (not 1.0) and beyond. Thanks Murata for running this down. Is someone supposed to have an action relative to EPUB A11Y 1.1? > > [4] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-archive/2018Aug/0537.html > > Regards, > Makoto >
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