Re: Thoughts on rechartering and the future of publications on the web

On 11/20/2018 1:33 AM, Laurent Le Meur wrote:
>>>> I would like to see EPUB stay where it is – in the CG.  ....
>>>> The same is true for Audiobooks – it should also take place in a CG where it can grow and prosper.
>>> I must disagree for audiobooks, at least partially. There are two aspects on audiobook distribution to the end-user: offline (using OCF-lite) and online: in the online case audiobooks are a specific case of Web Publications. The WG must work on it, and may better do it sooner than later.
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>>> If the W3C does not accept offline use cases as decent use cases because useful for the publishing industry, we can develop OCF-lite outside of the W3C (or as a CG), with another body to host the specification (see OPDS or Readium LCP).
> Jeff said:
>> I would think that W3C could accept offline use cases.  What is the problem with them?
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> When I read, from Leonard "Publishing@W3C is about bringing traditional publishing capabilities and affordances to the web for *everyone*", plus the many discussions in the WG about using only core OWP technologies for Web Publications, plus the pressure to use exclusively the Web Packaging Work in progress as a packaging mechanism etc. I suspect that any format which will be presented as a B2B interchange format + a download format for end users will face severe pushback from a part of the W3C membership, and maybe the TAG.

"offline" has been a valid use case for the web for years.  I don't see 
that as an issue at all.

I'm not disputing that there could be some pushback for some issues.  
Best way to find out is to ask!  I'm just pushing back (e.g. offline) 
where there just seems to be some fear of the unknown.

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> It may be just a matter of communication, but even in the Publishing WG, good communication is not always guaranteed.
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> The issue is the same for OCF-lite and EPUPB 3.2 as a REC.
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Received on Tuesday, 20 November 2018 06:37:20 UTC