DPUB IG Telco, 2015-08-24: accessibility, requirements for packaging

See minutes online for a more detailed record of the discussions. (The headers below link into the relevant sections of the minutes.)

Update on accessibility

Charles LaPierre gave a short update on the work of the Accessibility Task Force. The document they plan to publish is moving along nicely, but lots of email discussions, that took place in the past few days (e.g., on MathML), drew some attention away. The main message is that we sometimes things that Digital Publishing is simple a special case of Web Publishing, but, in reality, Digital Publishing has its some different and specific needs that needs articulating when it comes to accessibility.

Subsequent discussions also drew attention on the fact that some other groups (e.g., the ISO groups working on PDF) have addressed similar issues; a cross-pollination among the groups might be useful.

Document about publishing requirement for packaging

A document called "Requirements for Web Publication and Packaging" has been finalized the past few weeks, and collects the various issues that the digital publishing community has v.a.v. packaging. The group has agreed that the document could be handed over to the Web Application Working Group that works on a Web Packaging specification.

This group still has to clarify with the Web Application WG whether the document, in its current format, is what they need. Indeed, this document has some higher level concepts ("Online State", "Portable State", etc.) that might go beyond what that Working Group needs, in which case an abridged version would be submitted. That will be done in the weeks to come.

Miscellaneous

The group also briefly discussed practical issues about the upcoming Technical Plenary meeting, and what topic would be discussed there.