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

The solution to no connectivity is to make rural connectivity

On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 8:10 AM Colin Pittendrigh <
sandy.pittendrigh@gmail.com> wrote:

> I spent five years developing an online curriculum in elementary computer
> programming on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana.  That curriculum
> failed because none of the kids had internet connectivity at home.
>
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 7:31 AM Neustudio <susan@neustudio.com> wrote:
>
>> 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:
>>
>> At the end of the day it’s up to the producer of the EPUB.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Leonard
>>
>>
>> *From: *Colin Pittendrigh <sandy.pittendrigh@gmail.com>
>> *Date: *Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 7:32 PM
>> *To: *Zheng Xu <zxu@wysebee.com>
>> *Cc: *public-publishingcg@w3.org <public-publishingcg@w3.org>,
>> public-epub3@w3.org <public-epub3@w3.org>, Teixeira, Mateus <
>> mteixeira@wwnorton.com>, Schindler Wolfgang Dr. <w.schindler@pons.de>
>> *Subject: *Re: [Minutes] Publishing Community Group Meeting - Aug 10,
>> 2022
>>
>> *EXTERNAL: Use caution when clicking on links or opening attachments.*
>>
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> When I ask this question I'm invariably told "It won't work without a
>> wifi connection!"
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 12:54 PM Zheng Xu <zxu@wysebee.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Thanks for attending today's meeting.
>>
>> Here is today's meeting minutes.
>>
>>
>> https://github.com/w3c/publishingcg/blob/master/Meetings/Minutes/2022-08-10-publishingcg.md
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>> Please feel free to let us know if any questions or feedback.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Mateus, Wolfgang and Zheng
>>
>>
>>
>>
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