Re: ISO SC 34/JWG 7, new work item for digital publications?

Makoto is raising the good question; this is also what I felt seing the message from the ISO people, its meaning was more or less "Is JWG7 an empty shell"?

If we look at it pragmatically
- The work on the EPUB Accessibilty spec is done 
- The work on LCP is done (ISO TS 23078-2)
- Web Publications is not a good candidate by lack of adoption
- and we can also argue that W3C Audiobooks has not seen a sufficient adoption so far to be a good candidate.

Therefore it seems to me that JWG7 is indeed an empty shell until EPUB 3.3 is a W3C recommendation. 

Laurent

> Le 7 mai 2021 à 09:40, MURATA <eb2mmrt@gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> Ivan,
> 
> Do we want to keep JWG7 alive?  If we do not create 
> new work items for JWG7, it will be disbanded eventually.  
> EPUB 3.3 is not going to be a new work item for JWG7 in 
> the near future.
> 
> I would like to hear what people have to say.
> 
> Regards,
> Makoto
> 
> 2021年5月7日(金) 15:49 Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org <mailto:ivan@w3.org>>:
> Makoto,
> 
> yes, indeed, W3C can use the PAS procedure to publish, when the time comes, EPUB 3.3. The only thing I was saying that this was never really discussed so far and no decision has been taken It may be an issue that has to be picked up by the Steering Committee. We are well ahead of time here; after all, the REC version of EPUB 3.3 is still more than a year away…
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Ivan
> 
>> On 6 May 2021, at 21:44, MURATA <eb2mmrt@gmail.com <mailto:eb2mmrt@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> Unlike IDPF, W3C can use the PAS procedure for creating 
>> an ISO/IEC standard, if my understanding is correct.  This 
>> is a *big* change.  It has impacts on the maintenance process 
>> as well.  We should carefully study what has been agreed 
>> between W3C and ISO/IEC about the PAS procedure.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Makoto
>> 
>> 2021年5月7日(金) 3:29 Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org <mailto:ivan@w3.org>>:
>> 
>> Laurent,
>> 
>> > 
>> > I suppose EPUB 3.3 will be proposed as an ISO standard when it is finalized. Is it the case? 
>> 
>> I don't think there is any decision or commitment on this.
>> 
>> Ivan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> > By curiosity, is there any other *new* work item planned for ISO standardization?
>> > 
>> > Best regards
>> > Laurent
>> > 
>> 
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