13:34:00 RRSAgent has joined #pmwg 13:34:04 logging to https://www.w3.org/2024/09/06-pmwg-irc 13:34:04 RRSAgent, make logs Public 13:34:05 Meeting: Publishing Maintenance Working Group 13:34:37 chair: wendy 13:34:56 date: 2024-09-06 13:35:12 Meeting: Publishing Maintenance Working Group Telco 13:49:48 toshiakikoike has joined #pmwg 13:53:34 wendyreid has joined #pmwg 13:55:36 duga has joined #pmwg 13:56:12 rickj has joined #pmwg 13:56:29 present+ 13:58:13 MasakazuKitahara has joined #pmwg 13:58:36 tzviya_ has joined #pmwg 13:59:53 present+ 14:00:03 shiestyle has joined #pmwg 14:00:13 present+ avneesh, brady, 14:00:17 toshiakikoike has joined #pmwg 14:00:22 present+ wendy, charles 14:00:30 present+ 14:00:31 present+ tzviya 14:00:38 AvneeshSingh has joined #pmwg 14:00:41 present+ 14:00:43 present+ MasakazuKitahara 14:01:19 mgarrish has joined #pmwg 14:01:53 gpellegrino has joined #pmwg 14:02:01 present+ 14:02:13 present+ 14:02:15 present+ dhall 14:02:19 present+ 14:02:22 present+ 14:02:33 present+ matt 14:04:17 gautierchomel has joined #pmwg 14:04:18 Hadrien has joined #pmwg 14:04:29 scribe+ 14:04:33 davehall has joined #pmwg 14:04:44 https://github.com/w3c/pm-wg/wiki/TPAC-2024-Agenda-(Draft) 14:04:49 wendyreid: Meeting is coming up! 14:04:52 present+ 14:04:58 present+ 14:05:02 present+ 14:05:29 CharlesL has joined #pmwg 14:05:36 ... there are pointers to some topics, but want feedback (on existing items and missing items) 14:05:38 present+ 14:05:39 present+ 14:06:12 https://www.w3.org/2024/09/TPAC/registration.html 14:06:30 ... Also please register if you plan to attend - even if remote! 14:06:31 present+ gautier 14:07:05 present+ laurent 14:07:21 ... we will start with scrolled content/webtoons 14:07:49 ... would like to get as much implementation stuff as possible 14:08:07 ... next is substantive changes to epub 14:08:19 ... mostly xhtml stuff 14:08:21 q+ 14:08:38 ack duga 14:09:26 scribe+ 14:09:54 duga: I asked for the making changes discussion to be first because it might impact the web toons discussion 14:10:05 q+ 14:10:05 ... depending on the direction we choose and the type of change it is 14:10:28 CharlesL: Having webtoons first might push the next meeting 14:10:41 +1 for substantive changes as the first item 14:11:02 q? 14:11:19 q+ 14:11:26 ack CharlesL 14:11:29 ack ivan 14:12:21 ivan: Order is due to timing concerns 14:12:37 q+ 14:13:05 duga: We did discuss that at the last meeting, we asked, we got a lot of "that's a bad time but we'll be there" 14:13:31 ack shiestyle 14:13:39 q+ 14:13:54 shiestyle: Asking about timezone in Japanese 14:14:13 LaurentLM has joined #pmwg 14:14:19 present+ Laurent 14:14:20 wendyreid: Alternate proposal: do webtoons at the end of the day, early morning Japan time 14:14:45 ack AvneeshSingh 14:15:28 AvneeshSingh: Maybe discuss at TPAC but not make a final decision 14:15:43 ... Gives us some wiggle room to discuss at the WG meeting 14:16:23 wendyreid: Agreed, we don't have to decide 14:16:31 ... But it would be great to decide on webtoons 14:16:34 q+ 14:16:44 ack ivan 14:17:11 ivan: Would prefer to make a final decision at TPAC 14:17:19 ... this has been dragging for too long 14:17:59 wendyreid: If we open the issues and we have pre-discussion 14:18:06 ... would that help? 14:18:17 ivan: Yes, but we should aim to close at TPAC 14:18:49 q+ 14:19:08 wendyreid: [continues to review current agenda] 14:19:24 ack ivan 14:19:24 ... [missed some] Then on to legistlation 14:19:42 ivan: Back to annotations, I wonder if Laurent can talk more about their project 14:19:56 LaurentLM: No, not too early 14:20:04 s/[missed some]/if there are any links missing for annotations please let me know,/ 14:20:18 ... we will be able to put it on github and discuss before TPAC 14:21:26 ... Main issue is identifiers and locators 14:22:11 wendyreid: EU a11y act, and ADA was updated (Title 2 requires WCAG 2.1 stuff) 14:22:41 ... Title 3 will likely also be updated 14:23:05 ... then audio book a11y and text to speech 14:23:22 ... Hadrien, maybe you can talk to this? 14:23:41 Hadrien: yes, I will be remote, but I will attend and discuss 14:23:57 wendyreid: Last bit is any other business 14:24:18 q+ 14:24:27 ack ivan 14:25:15 ivan: Depends on Matt being there, since he knows what has changed 14:25:37 matt: I will be there 14:25:41 q+ 14:25:45 ack duga 14:26:08 duga: For webtoons, homework for people is to look at the existing issue and the proposals 14:26:13 https://github.com/w3c/epub-specs/pull/2602 14:26:28 q+ 14:26:38 duga: Precomment before TPAC, is there any homework for the changes to EPUB topic 14:26:45 ... what are the process requirements? 14:26:51 q+ 14:26:53 q+ 14:26:57 ... is there any documentation we need before Anaheim 14:26:59 ack ivan 14:27:31 q+ 14:28:46 ack tzviya_ 14:29:12 ivan: I won't make you read the process doc, but for any major changes we need to recharter 14:29:30 ... we're close-ish to the end of our charter, so we may be helping ourselves 14:29:43 ... we need to define what we want to do clearly 14:30:11 tzviya_: We met back in 2019 in Toronto where we talked about this, we may need to dig up the minutes 14:30:15 ... serializing HTML 14:30:33 q+ 14:30:34 ... many of us were there, we talked a lot about the pros and cons 14:31:01 ... we don't need to repeat ourselves, so we should review ahead 14:31:21 ... I don't know if it's good or bad to review them, things have changed, but it may give people perspective 14:31:31 ... the question now is what can reading systems handle 14:31:36 ... publishers will adapt 14:31:46 ack Hadrien 14:31:57 Hadrien: Want to mention something else 14:32:36 ... I have been working in accessible comics, how it is produced today and what could be done to make them truely accessible 14:32:47 ... right now it is just a script and no more 14:33:08 ... created some alternate examples, what is different about comics, etc 14:33:19 ... may apply to fixed layout content and a11y 14:33:31 ... may also apply to webtoons 14:34:05 ... could also apply to regulation, depending on what happens with legistlation around a11y and comics 14:34:09 q+ 14:34:15 ack AvneeshSingh 14:34:51 AvneeshSingh: Commenting on charter - before we even think about the charter we have to tackle the problem Tzviya mentioned 14:35:26 ... We need to discuss strategy so we don't end up writing a spec and no one comes 14:35:40 ack ivan 14:35:43 ... we should figure out what the plan is for epub next, which should be the focus 14:35:55 ivan: I agree, and as part of the charter this is necessary 14:36:14 ... But under the current charter, our hands are very tied 14:36:58 ... back to html5 - it became a little more urgent because the XHTML is no longer going forward 14:37:16 ack CharlesL 14:37:54 CharlesL: I am testing a bunch of fixed layout books and found some interesting results 14:38:05 ... Looking at several readers 14:38:27 ... would love to get this example comic and share results 14:40:29 tzviya_: We had a website that had all the minutes from the IG 14:40:35 ... I will look for the minutes 14:40:40 q+ 14:40:41 ivan: I will look as well 14:41:00 ... maybe it was the Digital Publishing Working Group 14:41:02 ack AvneeshSingh 14:41:19 AvneeshSingh: And it was discussed in the epubwg 14:42:50 ... Would it be possible to create an xhtml->html task force headed by someone who understands the problems 14:43:21 q+ 14:43:22 wendyreid: There are two issues - impact to RS and publishers 14:43:29 ack gpellegrino 14:43:29 ... Mostly the tooling side 14:43:52 https://www.w3.org/publishing/groups/publ-wg/Meetings/Minutes/2018/2018-05-30-pwg.html 14:43:58 https://www.w3.org/publishing/groups/publ-wg/Meetings/Minutes/2018/2018-05-31-pwg.html 14:44:21 ivan: We need something like that even for the recharter 14:44:49 wendyreid: Other side is, what version of epub do we mean? Probably not 3.3 14:46:06 ivan: Introducing the new and improved Tzviya! 14:46:21 ... She has a new job and she is now on W3C staff 14:46:39 ... staff can't chair, which is why she is no longer a chair 14:47:01 ... Thank you Tzviya for everything, and we hope you will stay in the group! 14:47:35 tzviya_: I am the Sustainability Lead, working on member engagement in NA 14:47:58 ... And I will be sticking around the group 14:48:48 https://www.w3.org/2024/09/TPAC/registration.html 14:49:06 wendyreid: We can end a little early, but *please* register for TPAC if you are coming 14:49:18 ... Also please do the survey 14:49:21 https://www.irccloud.com/pastebin/2AWUdzTO/ 14:50:06 rrsagent, draft minutes 14:50:08 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2024/09/06-pmwg-minutes.html ivan 14:50:57 rrsagent, bye 14:50:57 I see no action items