Re: Welcome to our Publishing CG

Hello everyone, my name is Will Crichton. I'm a postdoctoral researcher at
Brown University, where I study the human factors of programming languages.
I am interested in developing better document languages (like LaTeX and
Markdown) and formats (like PDF and EPUB). Most recently, I wrote a popular
post about how to make EPUB a competitive alternative to PDF:
https://willcrichton.net/notes/portable-epubs/

I have also developed a prototype document language for interactive web
documents: https://nota-lang.org/

My main goal is to make HTML documents an acceptable format in academia.
Today, academic papers and textbooks are expected to be published as PDFs,
with HTML being an afterthought. I'm interested in discussing practical
paths for changing this state of affairs.

On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 4:17 AM Wolfgang Schindler <
ws.schindler@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Dear Will,
>
> a warm welcome to our W3C Publishing Community Group! We're glad that you
> have joined us!
>
> We're a friendly community where we offer lively discussions about diverse
> issues in electronic publishing. Besides the plenary session, we have task
> forces where all colleagues with a special interest in a certain topic join
> in investigating it in more detail during regular online sessions.
> Currently, there are 3 active task forces, namely the Accessibility TF
> (A11Y), the Anti-Counterfeiting TF and the Fixed Layout-Accessibility TF
> (FXL-A11Y). If another topic would gain sufficient traction among our
> members, we may easily set up a further task force.
>
> It would be nice if you could just give us some information on your
> background, your experiences and your interests and if you like, also any
> topics you would like to discuss with us.
>
> Have a nice day!
>
> Best regards
> Wolfgang
>