Re: Next step?

On Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 3:19:52 AM, John wrote:

JH> How is that charter coming along, Chris?

Its here
http://www.w3.org/2009/08/WebFonts/charter.html

comments would be welcome.

Recommendation-track deliverables would be:

    * WOFF specification
    * CWT (EOT Lite) specification
    * WebFont conformance specification

The conformance document would be brief, would reference the font  
formats in existing use (OpenType, WOFF, SVG, and EOTLite) and the  
font referencing and linking specifications (in both CSS and XML  
serializations), and require implementation of at least one linking  
mechanism and *at least two* formats, for compliance. There appeared  
to be consensus on www-font that requiring at least two formats gave a
fair and even playing field and maximized interoperability.

As the relevant specifications are all implemented and either  
standardized (OpenType by ISO/IEC 14496-22:2009, SVG by the SVG  
1.1 Recommendation) or mature (WOFF, EOTLite, CSS3 Fonts) the  
group would be chartered to only make the minimal changes needed for  
interoperability and standardization.

In addition, the provision of interoperable font formats would allow  
the testing of CSS3 Fonts, speeding it to Recommendation status.

>> One way to do that is to review the charter. Another way is to say if
>> you or your company would be interested in participating. A third way
>> would be to get submissions of the two new formats (I can help with
>> that, if the authors want to contact me) which helps demonstrate to
>> the AC both that there is momentum and also that the Working group
>> would start with a well defined problem and a good idea of the
>> solutions.

JH> And this?

JH> WOFF looks stable enough for formal documentation and submission, and 
JH> CWT (EOTL as was) is quite well defined.

I agree that they are both well defined and ripe for submission to W3C.

JH> I have a suggestion regarding both, but I'd like to get an idea of where
JH> the process is now.

Where we are now is a draft charter, feedback welcome.

What's your suggestion?

-- 
 Chris Lilley                    mailto:chris@w3.org
 Technical Director, Interaction Domain
 W3C Graphics Activity Lead
 Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG

Received on Tuesday, 20 October 2009 15:29:06 UTC