15:27:29 RRSAgent has joined #pbg 15:27:29 logging to http://www.w3.org/2017/05/23-pbg-irc 15:27:36 Zakim has joined #pbg 15:27:47 Meeting: Publishing Business Group 15:27:59 Chair: Rick 15:28:49 Agenda: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-publishingbg/2017May/0059.html 15:30:02 Regrets: Mike_Baker, Nick_Ruffilo, Greg_Davis, Rachel_Comerford, Paul_Belfanti 15:40:47 Regrets+ Luc 15:50:20 hi everybody! 15:50:30 Julian_Calderazi has joined #pbg 15:51:03 jkamata has joined #pbg 15:51:13 mateus has joined #pbg 15:54:19 Avneesh has joined #pbg 15:54:27 RickJ has joined #pbg 15:56:45 present+ dauwhe 15:56:55 present+ RIckJ 15:57:08 present + Wolfgang 15:57:21 present+ Avneesh 15:57:43 good afternoon, Dave! 15:57:49 present+ 15:58:26 present+ 15:58:43 tzviya has joined #pbg 15:59:41 George has joined #pbg 16:00:17 Hello folks 16:00:29 hi George! 16:01:05 present+ George 16:01:16 scribenick: dauwhe 16:01:20 MAKOTO_ has joined #pbg 16:01:20 present+ makoto 16:01:20 BillMcCoy has joined #pbg 16:01:34 RickJ: we'll get started in a minute 16:01:36 rkwright has joined #pbg 16:01:39 present+ 16:01:50 present+ 16:01:52 Bill_Kasdorf has joined #pbg 16:02:00 mattg has joined #pbg 16:02:13 present+ Bill_Kasdorf 16:02:17 cmussi has joined #pbg 16:02:17 present+ 16:02:25 present+ mattg 16:02:27 garth has joined #pbg 16:02:33 present +Garth 16:03:05 https://drafts.csswg.org/css-egg/#speech 16:03:12 RickJ: let's get started 16:03:39 Topic: Charter 16:03:53 ivan: I should never be optimistic :) 16:04:14 ... the consultation with the AC is over 16:04:20 ... we have 52 votes in 16:04:40 ... all 52 votes said they want this work to be done 16:04:46 ... no objection to doing this work at all 16:05:18 ... it is 52; there were 35 who said they were interested in participating 16:05:31 ... 26 intend to develop projects or use the technology 16:05:53 ... the difficulty is that we have an IPR patent policy, which means lawyers look at these charters 16:06:34 ... so we have three objections saying we want this work to happen, but we want changes to the charter 16:06:45 ... I have to be vague, because not all comments are public 16:06:54 DanielBennett has joined #pbg 16:06:55 present+ DanielBennett 16:06:58 ... so the team is working on another version of the charter, to make it more palatable to lawyers 16:07:09 ... I saw the latest draft 10 minutes ago 16:07:16 jensklingelhoefer has joined #pbg 16:07:20 liisamk has joined #pbg 16:07:20 present+ liisamk, jensklingelhoefer 16:07:22 ... there is nothing in those changes that really change what we want to do 16:07:37 ... it's all reformulating, making it more concise, making deliverables clearer 16:07:47 ... I hope this version will go out to those who formally objected 16:07:55 ... and see if this will work for them 16:08:10 ... I am cautiously nearly almost sort of optimistic 16:08:28 ... then we have to contact all 53 voters to see if they are ok with the new draft 16:08:39 ... they will get five business days to review 16:08:45 q+ 16:08:46 Check if you are muted, because we are getting background noise. 16:08:47 ... if that works, then we are done 16:09:27 RickJ: we had talked two weeks ago about reaching out to those interested about the F2F meeting 16:09:56 ivan: what the team came up with is that the June F2F is a joint meeting of the BG and the IG 16:10:06 ... this means anyone who is in the BG can come to this meeting 16:10:14 ... the BG has to decide if this is OK 16:10:22 ... then we can announce it that way 16:10:24 liam has joined #pbg 16:10:24 present+ 16:10:44 ... if, by then, the WG is operational, then the WG will ... find an administrative way of saying it's a WG meeting 16:10:55 ... the only reason we have to be careful is the same IPR issues 16:10:59 RVSP to F-to-F and draft agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J0VlZbMFj-33tfhZe0EK543NWFlx6dyDHauqkPwMeEI/edit#heading=h.6sesbeqec1qm 16:11:14 leslie has joined #pbg 16:11:14 present+ 16:11:19 Better: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J0VlZbMFj-33tfhZe0EK543NWFlx6dyDHauqkPwMeEI/edit 16:11:37 ... we have to play by the rules 16:11:42 ... there's no problem announcing it 16:11:51 ... I know that Wendy plans to reach out to you 16:11:59 q+ 16:12:07 ... you could tell Wendy if it's OK for this to be a BG/IG meeting 16:12:41 RickJ: people who show up create standards, so is it appropriate to call for objections to having the f2f be a BG/IG meeting? 16:13:01 ... does anyone have any objections to formally make the F2F a joint BG-IG meeting? 16:13:02 q? 16:13:07 ack Rick 16:13:08 q+ 16:13:20 George: if this becomes a WG meeting 16:13:33 ... do WG members have to sign the IPR agreement in order to participate? 16:13:46 ... or is it automatic when you participate? 16:14:09 ivan: the joining process--when the AC rep nominates someone to a group, it takes place then 16:14:12 q? 16:14:16 ack George 16:14:48 garth: we want to make clear this is not a general BG meeting; I expect this to be much like a WG meeting 16:14:55 ... focused on PWP/WP/EPUB4 16:15:24 RickJ: my expectation is that we would use the facilities available now to announce the meeting 16:15:37 ... then update agenda to describe that it is, in fact, a WG meeting 16:15:45 garth: I pasted a link to the suggested agenda 16:15:54 q+ 16:15:55 ... that gives the flavor of what will happen 16:16:04 ack garth 16:16:04 ack gar 16:16:28 Bill_Kasdorf: is there an issue if someone that is in the BG that's not in the WG, travels to NYC, and is there a problem? 16:16:31 ivan: no 16:16:47 ivan: formally speaking, we can think of it as a BG/IG meeting. Let's not overthink this. 16:16:56 Bill_Kasdorf: that's what I was hoping you would say 16:17:15 q? 16:17:16 ivan: looking at the agenda, we should be careful to avoid issues that lead to IPR problems 16:17:18 ack Bill_Kasdorf 16:17:46 RickJ: any objections? Any concerns about making this a joint meeting? 16:17:49 (silence) 16:18:11 joint meeting +1 16:18:12 George: just want to make sure it's a joint meeting between IG and BG that is working for plans for when the WG officially kicks off 16:18:20 ivan: that's a wonderful formulation 16:18:43 q? 16:18:52 Resolved: the June F2F is a joint meeting between the IG and the BG 16:19:00 RickJ: I'll tell Wendy 16:19:31 Topic: update for EPUB Test 16:19:39 RickJ: it looks like Brian isn't here 16:19:48 Bill_Kasdorf: I don't have anything; we should wait for Brian 16:19:59 RickJ: we'll postpone this item. 16:20:10 RickJ: I'll swap the next 2 items 16:20:22 Topic: EPUB for education 16:20:29 ... CG will work on part of this 16:20:42 ... I have committments from lots of publishers to work on this 16:20:46 zakim, who is here? 16:20:46 Present: dauwhe, RIckJ, Avneesh, mateus, ivan, George, tzviya, rkwright, Bill_Kasdorf, mattg 16:20:49 On IRC I see leslie, liam, liisamk, jensklingelhoefer, DanielBennett, garth, cmussi, mattg, Bill_Kasdorf, rkwright, BillMcCoy, MAKOTO_, George, tzviya, RickJ, Avneesh, mateus, 16:20:49 ... jkamata, Julian_Calderazi, Zakim, RRSAgent, Wolfgang, dauwhe, ivan, Karen, bigbluehat 16:21:06 ... my expectation is that within the next few weeks we can move formalize both the CG side and the IMS side 16:21:20 ... we at VitalSource will be proposing some specifics around the outcomes side 16:21:30 ... and we will volunteer to work with EPUBCHeck to support that 16:21:39 ... not sure what else we can do with EPUBCheck 16:21:50 ... we didn't have time to talk through the epub part last week 16:22:02 Topic: EPUBCHECK 16:22:08 RickJ: we need resources 16:22:15 q? 16:22:15 ... BillK and Liisa were champions for this 16:22:28 https://github.com/IDPF/epubcheck/wiki/WorkPlan 16:22:36 present+ garth, jkamata, julian_calderazi, makoto 16:22:38 ... does anyone has something to discuss around epubcheck, and how to keep it relevant and current 16:22:53 Bill_Kasdorf: Tzviya posted a link to the epubcheck work plan 16:23:01 q+ 16:23:14 present+ Garth 16:23:17 liisamk: the big thing I want to figure out is 16:23:30 present+ billMcCoy, bernhard_heinser 16:23:30 ... when and how do we get people to shift away from older versions of epubcheck 16:23:34 q+ 16:23:38 zakim, who is here? 16:23:38 Present: dauwhe, RIckJ, Avneesh, mateus, ivan, George, tzviya, rkwright, Bill_Kasdorf, mattg, garth, cristina, danel_bennett, jens_klingeljoefer, jkamata, julian_calderazi, liisa, 16:23:40 david_stroup has joined #pbg 16:23:41 present+ 16:23:43 ... makoto, Wolfgang_Schindler, billMcCoy, bernhard_heinser 16:23:43 On IRC I see leslie, liam, liisamk, jensklingelhoefer, DanielBennett, garth, cmussi, mattg, Bill_Kasdorf, rkwright, BillMcCoy, MAKOTO_, George, tzviya, RickJ, Avneesh, mateus, 16:23:43 ... jkamata, Julian_Calderazi, Zakim, RRSAgent, Wolfgang, dauwhe, ivan, Karen, bigbluehat 16:23:45 ... from a publishers perspective, the errors are different depending what version people are using 16:23:52 ... how do we deprecate older epubchecks? 16:24:01 q+ 16:24:07 ack lii 16:24:10 ack liisamk 16:24:23 q+ 16:24:29 tzviya: I'm not sure we can deprecate older versions 16:24:54 ... when epubcheck 4 was released, the old version is not really available for download 16:25:02 ... epubcheck can download older versions of EPUB 16:25:32 liisamk: I'm worried about retailers integrating older versions of epubcheck into their ingestion systems 16:25:33 q+ 16:25:48 tzviya: there's a lot of misunderstanding aobut epubcheck releases 16:25:50 q- 16:26:02 q- 16:26:02 q? 16:26:10 ack rkw 16:26:11 rkwright: i don't know how you get people to move on from an old version 16:26:20 .. since they've already integrated it into their system 16:26:39 ack gar 16:26:41 ... Apple is using an old version which only checks 3.0, and so some people will want to us e that one 16:26:50 garth: we're guilty of running a 3.x version 16:27:02 ... it takes more than a month to integrate a new version into our system 16:27:18 ... this time we're going to push some changes back to epubcheck, to make integrations easier 16:27:37 ... it's hard to take a new version, whitelist new components, etc. 16:27:45 ... if we focus on making that easier, it could help 16:27:50 q? 16:28:03 q+ 16:28:06 RickJ: do we know where epubcheck lives within w3c? 16:28:11 q+ 16:28:21 BillMcCoy: the BG can create task forces 16:28:23 regrets+ Ryan_Pugatch 16:28:25 ... or it could be the CG 16:28:30 ... the code is on github 16:28:39 ... for "live" I think you mean who does what 16:28:55 ... some of the people doing the work might not be in the BG/CG/IG/WG 16:29:02 ... readium foundation has offered some help 16:29:18 ... we want to consider it as part of the poublishing@w3c umbrella 16:29:28 ... or we could have another CG, but that might be too many groups 16:29:31 s/poublishing/publishing/ 16:29:36 ack billmc 16:29:40 ack geo 16:29:42 present+ george 16:29:45 George: this relates to DAISY's planning for a11y checker 16:30:08 ... if someone gets a product out in the market that integrates these things 16:30:18 ... then if these components change there could be a problem 16:30:54 ... we need to figure out a way to figuring out what versions are being used, and then enable people to move to the next version 16:31:35 RickJ: I think they'll be something like epubcheck for whatever comes out of the WG 16:31:42 ... that will need to be part of the conversation 16:31:52 q+ 16:32:04 ... Bill, I need to turn back to you here. We need someone to take responsibility to drive this forward. 16:32:17 ... whether it's alignment with DAISY, with the CG, where's the best fit? 16:33:02 BillMcCoy: from my POV, if the EPUB3 CG, was about to do 3.11, one of the plank for the plan for 3.11 would be tests and EPUBCheck 16:33:18 ... but we're behind the 8 ball, as we didn't do 3.1 in epubcheck before the merger 16:33:33 ... the unfinished business is that epubcheck is behind 16:33:39 ... that would be a good action item for me 16:34:07 ... but there's also a larger issue of epubcheck integration with the larger ecosystem 16:34:28 … epubchuck is hard, it’s real programming 16:34:49 … often a problem for standards WG’s 16:34:57 q+ 16:35:28 … unclear how we make that work with the volenteer nature of WG participation (and sometimes semi-technical) 16:35:33 ack tzviya 16:35:37 dauwhe: epubcheck is production code, which is not a natural deliverable of a WG 16:35:53 tzviya: when I talk to Romain, he says it's hard to work on 'cause it's spaghetti code 16:36:01 q+ 16:36:09 ... if you look at that writeup, he's proposing an overhaul of the whole system 16:36:27 ... it's java-based, and even many of us who code don't know java 16:36:36 ... it's not just a wish-list, it's a matter of real time 16:36:42 q+ 16:36:48 and the people working on it need to be paid 16:36:52 ack Bill_Kasdorf 16:36:55 ack Bill_K 16:37:05 Bill_Kasdorf: another thing we're lacking is a clear identity of who's the owner 16:37:09 ... the point person 16:37:17 ... I am not that person 16:37:41 ... because it was a collaborative effort between three organizations, it was never clear who was in charge 16:38:03 ... we need someone with public visibility to be the point person 16:38:10 q? 16:38:13 RickJ: I'm going to jump the queue 16:38:14 q? 16:38:27 ... Tzviya, you're writing in IRC, are you looking to be that person? 16:38:40 tzviya: I think we're confusing EPUB Test and EPUBCheck 16:38:53 Bill_Kasdorf: you're right, I was thinking about Test 16:39:15 tzviya: I'm offering to be the point person for EPUBcheck, but I can do none of the programming 16:39:27 RickJ: I think that's a great benefit, and I appreciate you taking that on 16:39:33 ... and helping figure out what needs to be done 16:39:39 ack mattg 16:39:42 mattg: back to the CG question 16:39:57 ... one thing we failed in the past was listing all the changes between spec versions 16:40:05 q+ 16:40:07 ... I think that's something we should do going forward 16:40:24 ... it would be great to have a clear list of spec changes to work from 16:40:38 ... the CG can help with that 16:40:49 Avneesh: I want to clarify some things 16:41:00 ack Avneesh 16:41:00 ... EPUBCheck is not ready for open collaboration 16:41:11 ... it has been maintained by a small group 16:41:28 ... if you want it to be an open source process 16:41:44 ... first the software needs to be prepared for that 16:41:53 ... needs to be modular 16:42:05 ... the second thing is the business of running the project 16:42:17 ... the people who have worked on 3.1 are experts on formats/standards 16:42:30 q+ 16:42:37 ... but most are not hard core coders, and are not involved in open source 16:42:42 ... only readium is like that 16:42:49 ack BillMcCoy 16:42:55 ... maybe we need someone who's familiar with open=source development 16:43:09 q? 16:43:14 ack George 16:43:17 George: I agree with Avneesh and delighted that Tzviya will be the point 16:43:44 ... the 3.1 support, digging into spaghetti code, and getting an update that will help us right now, is good 16:43:57 q+ 16:44:01 ... but for future, companies need to assign programmers to this, and commit time 16:44:10 ... the other approach is to put money into hiring someone 16:44:24 ... but we need nose-down programmers where this is part of their job description 16:44:33 ... it worked with Romain, but DAISY had to pull him off 16:44:39 RickJ: clarifying Q 16:44:51 ... there's only a small group of people who really understand the code? 16:45:01 ... and those people are working on the a11y checker? 16:45:13 ... and this a11y checker will have dependencies on EPUBCheck? 16:45:17 ... is that accurate? 16:45:24 George: we always thought epubcheck would run first 16:45:44 RickJ: if the a11y checker is expecting 3.1, and is expecting epubcheck to run first, there's a problem here 16:46:05 ... there seems to be a dependency on these people who are tied up 16:46:18 q+ 16:46:22 Avneesh: epub a11y spec is not tied to 3.1 16:46:33 ... we have a dependency, but its not do or die 16:46:48 ... for this year, Romain is fully tied up with a11y checker 16:47:02 ... we can not have epubcheck depend on one person anyway 16:47:07 ack tzviya 16:47:11 tzviya: I think we're getting into too many details 16:47:28 ... I think we need a task force, and want Romain and TObias to intend 16:47:54 ... we need publishers to help, but we also need more information on what actual tasks are required 16:48:03 see why we needed Tzviya as point person? :-) 16:48:04 ... this is not a typical open-source project; it's large 16:48:11 Avneesh: Romain can help with consulting 16:48:24 tzviya: I'll work with Dave and Rachel to get this going in the CG, and get a task force 16:48:29 ... and break into modular tasks 16:48:32 RickJ: thanks 16:48:48 rkwright: I do have experience managing open source, and it's very very difficult 16:48:59 ... it's harder than managing an internal team 16:49:13 ... I do know java, and was one of the original authors of epubcheck 16:49:23 ... so I could help the task force 16:49:34 ... and even work on epubcheck itself, but would need to be paid 16:49:39 RickJ: thanks everyone 16:49:52 ... two additions to the agenda 16:50:00 Topic: November Publishing Summit 16:50:19 q+ 16:50:28 ack rkwright 16:50:29 Bill_Kasdorf: I did agree to co-chair the program committe for the publishing summit in November 16:50:40 ... We need another co-chair 16:50:56 ... one of my priorities is related to the other topic, making sure it's not just books 16:51:18 ... I'd like to turn it over to you for a timeline, but there's a june 12 deadline for some things 16:51:37 ... perhaps we could have a call this week before I go to SSP 16:52:07 BillMcCoy: this 1.5 day event co located with tpac is the big opportunity for making sure publishing @ w3c is not about just specs 16:52:19 https://www.w3.org/2017/11/TPAC/Overview.html - note the warning about dreamforce 16:52:19 ... but about building a community 16:52:34 ... galvanizing the community, inspired by BiB, TOC, etc 16:52:44 ... we will open registration for TPAC week on June 12 16:52:53 ... so we need to be open for registration on June 12 16:53:09 ... we won't have a detailed program then 16:53:25 ... to Bill K's point, we need to validate and refine the theme 16:53:35 ... and turn that into a program outline 16:53:47 ... but we won't have specific sessions and speakers 16:53:58 q? 16:54:13 ... so the work of the committee is a few calls etc before june 12, then some work in june/july to finalize program 16:54:40 ... then there's logistics, etc, which I and w3c can do 16:55:25 ... Bill_Kasdorf, do you want to supplement that? 16:55:37 Bill_Kasdorf: is the program committee involved in recruiting sponsors? 16:55:55 BillMcCoy: from my POV, the primary responsibility is the program, not finding sponsors 16:56:32 Bill_Kasdorf: this is a short-term commitment to shaping the program, finalizing the program and title for June 12, then shaping the program by end of July 16:56:48 BillMcCoy: correct. There's already a start on the wiki 16:57:30 RickJ: Question: how should volunteers contact you? 16:57:37 Bill_Kasdorf: email me and sign up on the wiki 16:58:00 BillMcCoy: given your schedule, we should have a call thursday or friday 16:58:15 Bill_Kasdorf: could you do a doodle poll to whoever's interested today? 16:58:51 bye 16:59:00 RickJ: we had one other agenda item, on reaching out to non-publishers, but I'll add that to the agenda for the next meeting 16:59:15 ... this is our meeting; if there are things you want to discuss let me know. 16:59:28 RickJ: thanks everyone! we're done. 17:00:53 rrsagent, draft minutes 17:00:53 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2017/05/23-pbg-minutes.html ivan 17:01:08 zakim, bye 17:01:08 leaving. As of this point the attendees have been dauwhe, RIckJ, Avneesh, mateus, ivan, George, tzviya, rkwright, Bill_Kasdorf, mattg, garth, cristina, danel_bennett, 17:01:08 Zakim has left #pbg 17:01:11 ... jens_klingeljoefer, jkamata, julian_calderazi, liisa, makoto, Wolfgang_Schindler, billMcCoy, bernhard_heinser 17:01:29 rrsagent, bye 17:01:39 rrsagent, set log public 17:01:49 rrsagent, draft minutes 17:01:49 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2017/05/23-pbg-minutes.html ivan 17:01:55 rrsagent, bye 17:01:55 I see no action items