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10 May 2016 | Archive
Tim Berners-Lee, Web Inventor and W3C Director, and Bill McCoy, IDPF Executive Director unveiled plans to explore combining their respective organizations to more quickly advance publishing technologies on the Open Web Platform. The announcement was made Tuesday, 10 May, following Berners-Lee’s keynote address at the IDPF DigiCon Book Expo America 2016 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
“We share an exciting vision for W3C and IDPF to fully align the publishing industry and core Web technology. This will create a rich media environment for digital publishing that opens up new possibilities for readers, authors, and publishers,” said Berners-Lee.
At a press briefing afterwards, Berners-Lee, Dr. Jeff Jaffe, W3C CEO, George Kerscher, IDPF President, and McCoy answered questions. Additional information is available in the FAQ and joint press release.
The next steps in the process of combining the two organizations include soliciting comments from the respective memberships of W3C and IDPF and drafting a Memorandum of Understanding. Pending support from both memberships, completion of legal review, and the positive resolution of specific details, the goal is to combine the two organizations by January of 2017. The future evolution of EPUB technical standards would continue at W3C, along with broader work to improve publishing features across the entire Open Web Platform.
10 May 2016 | Archive
The Timed Text Working Group has published a Group Note of TTML Media Type Definition and Profile Registry. This document defines the application/xml+ttml media type and provides a registry of identified TTML processor profiles. A processor profile is an identified reference to a set of capabilities that a processor supports, which may be defined in a specification document, a TTML Profile Definition Document or both.
10 May 2016 | Archive
The HTML Media Extensions Working Group has published 7 Group Notes:
- WebM Stream Format: This specification defines the stream format for using WebM content with the Encrypted Media Extensions.
- ISO Common Encryption (‘cenc’) Protection Scheme for ISO Base Media File Format Stream Format: Defines the stream format for using ISO Base Media File Format content that uses the ISO Common Encryption (‘cenc’) protection scheme with the Encrypted Media Extensions.
- Encrypted Media Extensions Stream Format Registry: Defines the stream formats for use with the Encrypted Media Extensions.
- “cenc” Initialization Data Format: Defines the “cenc” Initialization Data format for use with the Encrypted Media Extensions. This format is commonly used with the ISO Common Encryption (‘cenc’) Protection Scheme for ISO Base Media File Format Stream Format.
- “webm” Initialization Data Format: Defines the “webm” Initialization Data format for use with the Encrypted Media Extensions. This format is commonly used with the WebM Stream Format.
- “keyids” Initialization Data Format: Defines the “keyids” Initialization Data format for use with the Encrypted Media Extensions.
- Encrypted Media Extensions Initialization Data Format Registry: Defines the Initialization Data formats for use with the Encrypted Media Extensions.
10 May 2016 | Archive
The Web Application Security Working Group has published a Proposed Recommendation of Subresource Integrity. This specification defines a mechanism by which user agents may verify that a fetched resource has been delivered without unexpected manipulation. Comments are welcome through 07 June.
10 May 2016 | Archive
The Web Components Patent Advisory Group (PAG), launch in January 2016, has published a report recommending per Option 1 of the W3C Patent Policy, that W3C continue work on the Web Components Specification. The PAG concludes that the initial concern has been resolved, enabling the Working Group to continue. More detail is available in the PAG report. W3C launches a PAG to resolve issues in the event a patent has been disclosed that may be essential, but is not available under the W3C Royalty-Free licensing terms.
