W3C

– DRAFT –
Publishing Steering Committee

10 April 2026

Attendees

Present
AvneeshSingh, Bill_Kasdorf, GeorgeK, Graham, liisamk, shiestyle
Regrets
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Chair
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Scribe
Wolfgang

Meeting minutes

Graham: legal ramifications of the merger - no update from Rick or Graham - chat with Potash (?) - Leslie: "we have to move on" quote from Potash
… Shinya: work on annotation features - I18N WG

ivan: it seems maybe that the road block for getting EPUB into ISO seems to be out - we can pick up the discussion of the practicality of moving EPUB 3 into ISO

avneesh: a complex legal structure - Vienna agreement - no fragmentation of the standard - on table it looks good - will have to discuss in PMWG

graham: will be a topic for next month's call

ivan: you may hope that

liisa: daihei is ill - meeting next week - talking about TDM opt-out - do publishers really need the 2 kinds of opt-out from IETF - and talking about A11Y and AI

graham: TDM opt-out as a hot topic for publishers - keep an eye on TDMRep

george: may have a few items for next Tuesday's PBG session

leslie: IDPF close-down - bank account closed - waiting for 990 sheet from accountant - biannual filing of oeb forum - intend to close it down - trademark maintenance passed on to Paul

ivan: EPUB website frozen and managed by W3C

leslie: 6 months tail insurance, but original insurance cancelled as wanted - no real issues

leslie: in conversation with Steve no mention of transfer to W3C - he said "he needs to move on" -

graham: TDM - W3C WG on ODRL - active write description language - expect it to get more traction in the next years -

liisa: yes, I would have interest

graham: they would be interested - approach Renato for a meeting -

Ivan: ODRL is a CG - no standardization - discuss about reviving it as a WG - no info when it would take place

bill: IPTC standards for global media - 100% based on ODRL - open to discuss with other parties - periodically maintain various standards they own

graham: SC or BG as partner for this conversation

liisa: more about overall rights than AI

graham: the policies with opt-out expressed in ODRL - this sparked my interest

ivan: ODRL is a large vocab that may be used for many issues - different parts might be used for stating rights

avneesh: EPUBCheck release in August - slight challenge: Ralph asked for a contract - Avneesh presented mail - better to have sth documented for W3M

graham: good to flag that - should be a bit more formal between Daisy and W3C

Minutes manually created (not a transcript), formatted by scribe.perl version 248 (Mon Oct 27 20:04:16 2025 UTC).

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