15:41:38 RRSAgent has joined #pbg 15:41:38 logging to https://www.w3.org/2019/08/13-pbg-irc 15:41:39 rrsagent, set log public 15:41:39 Meeting: Publishing Business Group Telco 15:41:39 Chair: luc 15:41:39 Date: 2019-08-13 15:41:39 Agenda: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-publishingbg/2019Aug/0005.html 15:41:39 ivan has changed the topic to: Meeting Agenda 2019-08-13: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-publishingbg/2019Aug/0005.html 15:41:40 Regrets+ rachel 15:44:43 wolfgang has joined #pbg 15:55:36 laudrain has joined #pbg 15:56:35 Daihei has joined #pbg 15:57:19 MURATA has joined #pbg 15:57:36 present+ 15:59:08 present+ wolfgang 15:59:12 Jonathan_Greenberg has joined #pbg 15:59:14 present+ 15:59:35 present+ 15:59:43 present+ 16:00:05 present+ daihei 16:00:12 Avneesh has joined #pbg 16:00:32 present+ Jonathan_Greenberg 16:01:25 present+ 16:02:07 Dan_Sanicola has joined #pbg 16:02:57 JulieBlair has joined #pbg 16:03:06 present+ 16:03:14 present+ 16:03:41 present+ 16:04:39 garth has joined #pbg 16:04:49 present+ Garth 16:05:11 George has joined #pbg 16:06:04 present+ 16:06:13 zakim, pick a victim 16:06:13 Julian_Calderazi_ has joined #pbg 16:06:13 Not knowing who is chairing or who scribed recently, I propose wolfgang 16:06:14 zakim, pick a victim 16:06:15 Not knowing who is chairing or who scribed recently, I propose laudrain 16:06:26 scribenic: Garth 16:06:36 scribenick: Garth 16:06:38 scribenick: garth 16:06:56 Luc: Starting. Late agenda. 16:07:08 … F2F in Fukuoka 16:07:10 preesnt+ 16:07:12 present+ 16:07:46 Daihei: Listing in the minutes: agenda 16:08:04 Minutes of last PBG SC available at https://www.w3.org/2019/08/09-pbgsc-minutes.html 16:08:32 -> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-publishing-sc/2019Aug/att-0017/0808Update_Agenda_TPAC_Fukuoka_PBG_F2F_Confefrence_2_.docx latest version of the agenda 16:08:40 … PBG meeting in Fukuoka on Thursday 16:08:46 … Sept 19th 16:08:58 … Two co-chairs: Luc & Daihei 16:09:19 … Most agenda confirmed w/ speakers 16:09:54 … Need more folks for #4 on agenda for other perspectives of publishing on Web 16:10:13 … Program committee next week to confirm and finalize 16:10:17 Luc: Thank you 16:10:45 … Shared with SC for comments; non’s the time for comments 16:10:52 s/non/now/ 16:10:54 Translataions available? 16:11:09 Bill_Kasdorf has joined #pbg 16:11:18 present+ 16:11:21 Daihei: Will be live translators (both directions) 16:11:23 s/Translataions/Translations/ 16:12:09 Luc: Open for BG members, but also other TPAC folks too. 16:12:22 q+ 16:12:39 ack Avneesh 16:13:05 Avneesh: one sided lecture or discussion/seminar format? 16:13:47 Luc: More discussion format. 16:13:50 Will we have a list of attendees in advance? 16:14:21 … Will be discussions for each of the topics — speakers shouldn’t fill their time. 16:15:44 Daihei: MC’s will make sure there are discussions for each (with speaker answering first) 16:15:58 … plus audience participation 16:16:36 Avneesh: Audience participation should be clear in the agenda. 16:16:42 q? 16:16:57 Topic: Report on Amazon meeting at PWG F2F of TPAC 2019 Fukuoka 16:17:24 q+ 16:17:46 Luc: Will allocate some time for AMZN. 16:17:46 Great news! 16:17:56 ack Avneesh 16:18:03 Avneesh: AMZN joinged W3C recently 16:18:19 s/joinged/joined/ 16:18:45 … Meeting in Seattle 16:18:49 Will they talk about detection of TTS-ready publications? 16:18:51 … A11Y is their priority 16:19:10 … Want to improve the state of A11Y on Kindle 16:19:37 … EPUB3 is a keen interest; likely being those features to Kindle 16:19:55 Fantastic! 16:19:59 … 250 people in EPUB CG — AMZN should join (and seem interested) 16:20:19 … Tables and MathML — in theory Kindlegen supports? 16:21:05 … Perhaps follow-up to be coming from Audible team. 16:21:18 … Not too much interest in WP (publishing on the Web) 16:21:18 Me too! 16:21:45 +q 16:22:08 ack MURATA 16:22:32 q+ 16:22:33 Murata: TTS ready publcations? 16:22:41 ack ivan 16:22:50 Avneesh: Didn’t get that deep; but hopefully in the future. 16:22:51 s/publcations/publications/ 16:23:20 Ivan: Will have some time with AMZN during PWG meeting in Fukuoka. 16:23:44 … submit suggestions on that topic to Wendy. 16:24:09 q+ 16:24:13 I see. 16:24:20 ack Avneesh 16:24:20 Wendy: Wendy and Rachel are working on a “getting started” email to AMZN 16:25:04 I would like to know their reaction to EPUB A11Y. 16:25:13 Luc: We’re not too deep in technical details yet — but hopefully will get that way. Interoperability and A11Y at top of list. 16:26:18 q? 16:26:35 … Discussion both in france & W3C on this topic — Luc & Avneesh. 16:26:44 s/fr/Fr/ 16:27:17 Sorry but I'l go to bed. Bye now. 16:27:24 Topic: HTML longesc is proposed to be obsolete 16:27:39 s/longesc/longdesc/ 16:27:42 q? 16:28:00 Luc: In HTML longdesc attribute proposed to be obsolete. Seeking usage info on this attribute. 16:28:20 q+ 16:28:25 s/lete/leted/ 16:28:37 ack George 16:28:41 q+ 16:28:59 Geroge: Longdesc created a long time ago, pointing to page, not much usage 16:29:18 s/Geroge/George/ 16:29:27 … Not liked by various W3C members; was added back as extension 16:29:42 … APA asking if it should be eliminated? 16:29:44 q? 16:30:14 … Can
be used instead. ARAI details can point to such also. 16:30:28 s/ARAI/ARIA/ 16:30:42 zakim, who is here? 16:30:42 Present: laudrain, wolfgang, MURATA, wendyreid, ivan, daihei, Jonathan_Greenberg, dauwhe, Avneesh, JulieBlair, Dan_Sanicola, Garth, George, Julian_Calderazi_, Bill_Kasdorf 16:30:45 On IRC I see Bill_Kasdorf, Julian_Calderazi_, George, garth, JulieBlair, Dan_Sanicola, Avneesh, Jonathan_Greenberg, MURATA, Daihei, laudrain, wolfgang, RRSAgent, Zakim, Karen, 16:30:45 ... ivan, dauwhe, wendyreid, Rachel, bigbluehat 16:31:12 q+ 16:31:12 I'm here! 16:31:26 … At epubtest.org has a title that can be used to determine best practices for a longdeac replacement. 16:31:45 s/longdeac/longdesc/ 16:32:22 ack Bill_Kasdorf 16:32:44 Bill_Kasdorf: Has not recommended use of longdesc in HTML. Looking forward to resolution. 16:32:47 q+ 16:33:04 Luc: discussion here to see if publishers currently using longdesc in HTML. 16:33:09 ack laudrain 16:33:46 ack JulieBlair 16:33:52 JulieBlair: We do use it now; looking for alternatives. 16:33:57 q+ 16:34:08 … Very interested in this topic. 16:34:12 Note that SAGE is a scholarly publisher--so it doesn't surprise me that they're using longdesc 16:34:28 q+ 16:34:28 q+ 16:34:31 Luc: Accepted by ACE. 16:34:38 ack laudrain 16:34:50 ack Bill_Kasdorf 16:35:41 Bill_Kasdorf: Will contact various other scholarly folks for more info (journal hosting, et al). 16:35:58 ack Avneesh 16:36:34 q+ 16:36:49 q? 16:36:52 q+ 16:36:54 Avneesh: Need to get this data before decision (re longdesc) is made (beyond EPUB too). 16:36:55 Karen has joined #pbg 16:37:19 ack dauwhe 16:37:40 … EPUB CG should help gather usage data 16:38:15 dauwhe: Browser folks can gather such usage data, and this drives deprecation decisions. 16:38:36 ack laudrain 16:38:39 … Using a feature doesn’t mean it’s really acted upon by Reading System. 16:38:45 https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/obsolete.html 16:39:11 Luc: See above link. 16:39:24 Q+ 16:39:28 … non-conforming feature. 16:39:35 ack George 16:40:39 George: Industry has changed; announced by screen reader users, but not other renderers. Need to provide it to other users. 16:40:55 q? 16:41:05 … Deprecate with better alternative would likely be good. 16:41:23 our action items for long desc? 16:41:29 Topic: call schedules 16:41:50 Luc: different schedule for calls? 16:42:23 … Go to two calls per month? Every other week. One Europe time, one Asia time. 16:42:48 … Work items done outside call with reports back to group on calls. 16:43:05 … resolutions on calls (followed by email). 16:43:48 … Maybe using github issues. 16:43:55 q? 16:44:20 q+ 16:44:30 ack Avneesh 16:45:08 Avneesh: Could work better, if motivation is maintained. 16:45:47 q+ 16:46:06 Luc: Non-urgent items like pop-ups. 16:46:21 … Need to gather actions and resolutions. 16:46:37 ack Bill_Kasdorf 16:46:42 This highly focused task force looks god 16:46:44 … Task forces could work well. 16:46:58 s/god/good/ 16:47:12 Bill_Kasdorf: PCG could be used for development of proposed solutuions. 16:47:34 s/solutuions/solutions/ 16:47:43 s/solutuions/solutions/ 16:47:58 q+ 16:48:07 ack wendyreid 16:48:20 Luc: Proposed new dates for calls to come along with a list of items coming. 16:48:44 Wendy: What about roadmap of future work of publishing actrivity? 16:49:06 s/actrivity/activity/ 16:49:08 … needs to drive WG roadmap. Needs to be on agenda soon (for BG). 16:49:31 +1 to Wendy also 16:50:04 Luc: Unclear if this falls to PBG. 16:50:06 q? 16:50:08 q+ 16:50:49 ack Avneesh 16:50:55 Avneesh: Some assignments to BG in Strategy meeting. Wiki page with action items and objectives. 16:51:06 Luc: Will look and propose. 16:51:28 -> https://w3c.github.io/publ-bg/Steering_Committee/Meetings/2019/2019-07-23-pbgsc Minutes of the strategy call 16:51:40 Wendy: WG has objective for remainder of Charter — need to think about next Charter (if there is one) — need this data. 16:51:42 q+ 16:52:00 ack ivan 16:52:01 ack ivan 16:53:18 Ivan: WG’s connection to BG hasn’t generated (historically) what business needs are — this can drive WG direction. So, +1 to Wendy. 16:53:25 q+ 16:53:58 Luc: Such will now be on task force agenda. 16:54:12 ack laudrain 16:54:29 … Should be on agenda for next calls. 16:54:31 q+ 16:54:39 ack ivan 16:54:52 Ivan: Will this BG call change impact SC meetings? 16:54:59 Luc: Likely not. 16:55:27 Frequent SC meetings are required for strtegy development 16:55:32 … AOB? 16:55:39 +1 to Avneesh 16:55:46 s/strtegy/strategy/ 16:56:30 q+ 16:56:33 Luc: Output form Stretegy call… are these really requests/resolutions? 16:56:39 q+ 16:56:48 s/Stretegy/Strategy/ 16:57:16 Wendy: Yes, assignments for other groups; EPUB 3 CG is well on it’s way. 16:57:23 s/form/from/ 16:57:41 s/it's/its/ 16:57:59 q? 16:58:05 ack Avneesh 16:58:41 See the table drawn by Rachel in the -> minutes of the strategy call https://w3c.github.io/publ-bg/Steering_Committee/Meetings/2019/2019-07-23-pbgsc 16:59:11 ack ivan 16:59:12 Avneesh: Coordination in SC. Publishing Champion. W3M too. 16:59:54 Ivan: Above link has summary of requests to other groups at the end. 17:00:37 rrsagent, draft minutes 17:00:37 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2019/08/13-pbg-minutes.html ivan 17:00:37 zakim, bye 17:00:37 rrsagent, bye 17:00:37 I see no action items 17:00:37 leaving. As of this point the attendees have been laudrain, wolfgang, MURATA, wendyreid, ivan, daihei, Jonathan_Greenberg, dauwhe, Avneesh, JulieBlair, Dan_Sanicola, Garth, 17:00:37 Zakim has left #pbg 17:00:40 ... George, Julian_Calderazi_, Bill_Kasdorf