Re: [Minutes] Publishing Community Group Meeting - Aug 10, 2022

I work in children’s publishing, and I suspect relying on external links would be a problem for families with no or low-quality internet connectivity. Though I”m intrigued by the idea of a use case where external links would allow more exploring/customizing a book when the setting supports data transfer.

Since this is already allowed in the spec, what is the role of the work group?  —Susan



> On Aug 11, 2022, at 8:36 AM, Leonard Rosenthol <lrosenth@adobe.com> wrote:
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> At the end of the day it’s up to the producer of the EPUB.  
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> If they want something fully self-contained, the standard will let them do that.  If they want something that use links to external content, the standard will let them do that.
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> Of course, whether a given EPUB distribution system will support/allow external content or whether a given reading system will support it, is another question.  But all of that is outside the scope of the standard.
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> Leonard
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> From: Colin Pittendrigh <sandy.pittendrigh@gmail.com <mailto:sandy.pittendrigh@gmail.com>>
> Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 7:32 PM
> To: Zheng Xu <zxu@wysebee.com <mailto:zxu@wysebee.com>>
> Cc: public-publishingcg@w3.org <mailto:public-publishingcg@w3.org> <public-publishingcg@w3.org <mailto:public-publishingcg@w3.org>>, public-epub3@w3.org <mailto:public-epub3@w3.org> <public-epub3@w3.org <mailto:public-epub3@w3.org>>, Teixeira, Mateus <mteixeira@wwnorton.com <mailto:mteixeira@wwnorton.com>>, Schindler Wolfgang Dr. <w.schindler@pons.de <mailto:w.schindler@pons.de>>
> Subject: Re: [Minutes] Publishing Community Group Meeting - Aug 10, 2022
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> EXTERNAL: Use caution when clicking on links or opening attachments.
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> RE> 750mb file size limit.  Bear with me.  I'm a retired database guy.
> Why can't epubs be text only, with resource URLs to streamed images and video on remote servers?
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> When I ask this question I'm invariably told "It won't work without a wifi connection!"
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> My answer is "So what?"  I'm almost never away from wifi unless I'm driving. And in that case I shouldn't be reading anyway.  Are you on a camping trip?  Read now, view video later.  Video is too big to store on a phone.  Video should be streamed. No matter what.
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> On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 12:54 PM Zheng Xu <zxu@wysebee.com <mailto:zxu@wysebee.com>> wrote:
> Hi all
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> Thanks for attending today's meeting.
> 
> Here is today's meeting minutes.
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> https://github.com/w3c/publishingcg/blob/master/Meetings/Minutes/2022-08-10-publishingcg.md <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fw3c%2Fpublishingcg%2Fblob%2Fmaster%2FMeetings%2FMinutes%2F2022-08-10-publishingcg.md&data=05%7C01%7Clrosenth%40adobe.com%7Ccaccf28d837c427cdd5b08da7b2899b0%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178decee1%7C0%7C0%7C637957711557175407%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Y0%2F0T8ghPwgSzbrFovfx8Rn9ik59XOdjEDpj77Yh2IQ%3D&reserved=0>
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> Please feel free to let us know if any questions or feedback.
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> Cheers,
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> Mateus, Wolfgang and Zheng
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