Re: Welcome to our Publishing Community Group

Hi Wolfgang,

Thank you.  I came to standards work the long way around. I'm a writer first (essays and creative nonfiction, mostly on Medium) and was falsely flagged for AI use last year. Rather than complain about it I began a deep dive into the  technical side of content authenticity, and I've since become a contributing member of C2PA, DIF, and ToIP. My work focuses on cryptographic attestation of the writing process itself, proving that a human actually wrote a piece, as a complement to C2PA's work on proving what tool produced a given file.

The Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force is where I'd most like to contribute. The problems publishers are facing with AI-generated counterfeit works, disputed authorship, and forged manuscripts are exactly the problems process-level attestation is designed for, and I think there's productive ground between what C2PA covers and what publishers actually need to protect their authors and their lists. I'd like to attend a few sessions and listen before proposing anything.

I'm also curious about the Accessibility TF. Authorship verification has interesting edge cases around dictation, screen-reader composition, and AAC users that I'd like to understand better, both because they're technically interesting and because any system that can't accommodate them isn't worth building.

If there's an upcoming Anti-Counterfeiting TF session, I'd appreciate the dial-in details when convenient. Looking forward to meeting the group.

Best,
David Condrey



> On May 13, 2026, at 6:18 AM, Wolfgang Schindler <ws.schindler@googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear David,
> 
> a warm welcome to our W3C Publishing Community Group!
> 
> Our community thrives on collaboration, open discussion, and a shared commitment to advancing the digital publishing ecosystem. Members engage in thoughtful conversations spanning accessibility, emerging standards, content authenticity, and innovative reading experiences.
> 
> In addition to our general plenary sessions, we host several active task forces that dive deeper into key topics, including Accessibility, Anti-Counterfeiting, and Fixed Layout Accessibility. A new task force on Digital Comics is also set to launch soon — and we always welcome new initiatives when there’s sufficient community interest.
> 
> To help us get to know you better, David, we’d love to hear a bit about your background, ongoing projects, and any specific topics you’d like to explore with the group.
> 
> We’re truly excited to have you join us — welcome to the community!
> 
> Best regards
> Wolfgang

Received on Wednesday, 13 May 2026 19:16:01 UTC