Re: ISO/IEC standardization of EPUB 3.0.1 and EPUB A11Y 1.0

On 8/29/2018 8:50 AM, Avneesh Singh wrote:
> "Is someone supposed to have an action relative to EPUB A11Y 1.1?"
>
> Hi Jeff, this topic needs discussion in PBG as well as EPUB 3 CG.
> The process followed till now is that a task force puts together 
> recommendations and PBG and EPUB 3 CG makes decisions.
>
> A related topic is Rec track for EPUB 3.2 or the successor 
> specifications.

Thanks.  Please keep me posted as the discussion evolves.

>
> With regards
> Avneesh
> -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Jaffe
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 18:01
> To: MURATA Makoto ; W3C Publishing Business Group
> Subject: Re: ISO/IEC standardization of EPUB 3.0.1 and EPUB A11Y 1.0
>
>
>
> 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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