[transition] FPWD Request for EPUB 3.4, EPUB 3.4 Reading systems, and EPUB Accessibility 1.1.1 - epub-34, epub-rs-34, and epub-a11y-111

FPWD Request for EPUB 3.4, EPUB 3.4 Reading systems, and EPUB Accessibility 1.1.1 - epub-34, epub-rs-34, and epub-a11y-111
from https://github.com/w3c/transitions/issues/700

# Document title, URLs, estimated publication date

Title: EPUB 3.4
- Final URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/2020/WD-epub-34-20200327/
- Temporary URL: https://w3c.github.io/epub-specs/epub34/authoring/?specStatus=FPWD&publishDate=2020-03-27
- Editor's draft: https://w3c.github.io/epub-specs/epub34/authoring/
- Expected Publication date 2025-03-27
- short name: epub-34

Title: EPUB Reading Systems 3.4
- Final URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/2020/WD-epub-rs-34-20200327/
- Temporary URL: https://w3c.github.io/epub-specs/epub34/rs/?specStatus=FPWD&publishDate=2020-03-27
- Editor's draft: https://w3c.github.io/epub-specs/epub34/rs/
- Expected Publication date 2025-03-27
- short name: epub-rs-34

Title: EPUB Accessibility 1.1.1
- Final URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/2025/WD-epub-a11y-111-20250327/
- Temporary URL: https://w3c.github.io/epub-specs/epub34/a11y/?specStatus=FPWD&publishDate=2025-03-27
- Editor's draft: https://w3c.github.io/epub-specs/epub34/a11y/
- Expected Publication date 2025-03-27
- short name: epub-a11y-111

# Abstract

See:
- https://w3c.github.io/epub-specs/epub34/authoring/?specStatus=FPWD&publishDate=2020-03-27#abstract
- https://w3c.github.io/epub-specs/epub34/rs/?specStatus=FPWD&publishDate=2020-03-27#abstract
- https://w3c.github.io/epub-specs/epub34/a11y/?specStatus=FPWD&publishDate=2025-03-27#abstract

# Status

See:
- https://w3c.github.io/epub-specs/epub34/authoring/?specStatus=FPWD&publishDate=2020-03-27#sotd
- https://w3c.github.io/epub-specs/epub34/rs/?specStatus=FPWD&publishDate=2020-03-27#sotd
- https://w3c.github.io/epub-specs/epub34/a11y/?specStatus=FPWD&publishDate=2025-03-27#sotd

# Is it a delta specification intended to become a W3C Recommendation?

No. It is the copy of the EPUB 3.3, EPUB Reading Systems 3.3, and EPUB Accessibility 1.1, with minimal changes/additions; they are the starting points for the new version of the Recommendations (per charter)

# Link to group's decision to request transition

- https://w3c.github.io/pm-wg/minutes/2025-03-13.html#d175

# Issues

- https://github.com/w3c/epub-specs/issues/
 
# Information about implementations known to the Working Group

The current (3.3) version is widely implemented and distributed.

# Additional short name approval requests

For future proofing, the WG would also request the short names `epub3` and `epub-3`, as aliases of the (existing) `epub` short name:

- https://w3c.github.io/pm-wg/minutes/2025-03-13.html#dc8a


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