IRC log of pbgsc on 2020-08-21

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Meeting: Publishing Steering Committee
14:52:18 [Ralph]
Ralph has changed the topic to: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-publishing-sc/2020Aug/0001.html
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chair: Ralph
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regrets: Daihei, Tzviya, Yoshii
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agenda; https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-publishing-sc/2020Aug/0008.html
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agenda+ EPUB 3 Working Group startup
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agenda+ TPAC Planning
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agenda+ Daisy Whitepaper
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agenda+ AOB
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-> https://www.w3.org/2020/07/24-pbgsc-minutes.html previous: 24-July
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present+ Avneesh, Ralph
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present+ George, WendyReid
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present+ BillKasdorf
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present+
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present+ Bill_Kasdorf
15:02:22 [Ralph]
present+ Ivan
15:03:56 [Avneesh]
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present+ Garth
15:06:08 [Avneesh]
present+
15:07:15 [Ralph]
zakim, next item
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agendum 1. "EPUB 3 Working Group startup" taken up [from Ralph]
15:07:31 [Ralph]
regrets+ Liisa
15:07:47 [Ralph]
regrets+ Dave
15:08:33 [Ralph]
Wendy: we got a home page and iCalendar files
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... lots of participants are joining!
15:09:03 [Ralph]
... we've figured out most of the logistics around meeting times and work mode
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... we're discussing the finer points of document structure
15:09:30 [Ralph]
... with an immense amount of help from Matt
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... big news: Matt is back as editor!
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... we'll be looking for more editors for different parts of the spec
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... hoping for some new faces; would be nice to get some new hands and eyes on the spec
15:10:29 [Ralph]
Ivan: we have quite a number of Japanese participants already
15:10:42 [Ralph]
... hope that many of them will be active participants
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... every other meeting will be on an East Asia-friendly time
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... so unfortunately only the North Americans will find it convenient to attend every meeting
15:11:39 [Ralph]
Ivan: do we want to use the IDPF EPUB logo?
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... is it a branding thing we want to use?
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... do we know where the original source is?
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... BillM had commented that the text should be removed from the logo
15:12:31 [Bill_Kasdorf]
s/BillM/BillK
15:13:01 [Ralph]
Garth: we can use the logo if we want
15:13:16 [Ralph]
... I'm vaguely in favor of using it
15:14:03 [Ralph]
BillK: if we can use it, I'd love to remove the mixed-case text under the logo
15:14:14 [Ralph]
... that's an easy edit to the file
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Ivan: I'd like to have the source in SVG
15:14:58 [Ralph]
BillK: I'm sure it exists in various forms
15:15:15 [wendyreid]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Epub_logo_color.svg
15:17:45 [Ralph]
Ivan: EPUBCheck says that SVG is not valid
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... because of an EPUB-specific restriction
15:18:29 [Ralph]
... DTDs containing entities
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zakim, next item
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agendum 2. "TPAC Planning" taken up [from Ralph]
15:20:10 [Ralph]
Ivan: EPUB 3 WG is on the list; we're searching for the right date
15:21:22 [Ralph]
Ralph: do we have a sense for the CG and BG to meet?
15:21:47 [ivan]
regrets+ mateus
15:23:19 [Ralph]
Avneesh: I've heard interest from Liisa and Daihei for the BG to meet
15:23:38 [Ralph]
BillK: makes sense from a prospective member / guest perspective
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... something that appropriately shows the difference between a WG, BG, and CG
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... a joint meeting for those three groups to dialog where they overlap and do not overlap
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... we benefit from the distributed situation; you only need to join a Zoom call
15:25:14 [Ralph]
Ralph: good points
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... especially useful for the CG and WG to have a joint discussion about {,non}overlaps
15:25:45 [Ralph]
Wendy: we're thinking about how long people will agree to sit on a Zoom call
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... and we have the timezone issue as well
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Ivan: my experience in virtual F2F meetings worked out well:
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... we had two dates
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... on one day we had two 90-minute sessions with a 30-minute break between
15:26:42 [dauwhe_]
present+
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... and alternated the time on the second day
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... that sort-of worked
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... whether we need two days for the WG or more, we don't yet know
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BillK: coordinating between groups sounds like a SC meeting
15:29:19 [ivan]
present+ dauwhe
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Wendy: the SC meetings aren't meant to be public meetings
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regrets- Dave
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zakim, next item
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agendum 3. "Daisy Whitepaper" taken up [from Ralph]
15:30:51 [Ralph]
[Wendy departs]
15:31:24 [Ralph]
-> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-publishing-sc/2020Aug/0009.html "White paper for your review prior to press release announcement" [George]
15:31:45 [Ralph]
George: Daisy has been asked by many groups to clarify the difference between PDF and EPUB
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... Dan Goldstein, retired attorney, very well-known A11Y lawyer
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s/lawyer/lawyer contributed
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... we want to publish around September 11
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... with a supporting webinar
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... we were thinking that a blog from W3C would be appropriate
15:34:39 [Ralph]
Ralph: sure; it feels appropriate to have a W3C blog post
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George: I'm volunteering to write it
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Ivan: I scanned it and love it
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... it's extremely polite but between the lines says PDF isn't good for accessibility
15:37:31 [Ralph]
Avneesh: I would have liked to include a few other formats in the comparison too
15:38:15 [Ralph]
George: I'll draft a short blog and share it here for comment
15:38:43 [Ralph]
... maybe mention the new EPUB 3 WG
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<ralph> +1
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Ivan: and EPUB A11y being a part as well
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BillK: it makes sense to focus on PDF and EPUB; in the world I work in, those are the two formats people say need to be accessible
15:39:43 [Ralph]
... people tell me "508 requires PDF" -- I tell them "no, it doesn't"
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... that's the world we live in right now
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Avneesh: Daisy's strategy is to institutionalize accessible publications
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... we're not interested in getting into format wars
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George: any format that evolves over time we'll be focused on this principal
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Ivan: the whitepaper is produced by Daisy
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... it might give more weight to the W3C blog if it's signed by someone not in Daisy
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George: I'm happy to help in the writing, it would be wonderful if someone from this group wants to sign it
15:46:43 [Ralph]
... it will be very short
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George: on document formats ...
15:47:34 [Ralph]
... I have all my papers since 1990 prior to EPUB in HTML
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... I have them as a single publication
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... I've shared it with people and they're unaccustomed to seeing documents in HTML; it's very foreign to them
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BillK: with a CSS file?
15:48:36 [Ralph]
George: Markus created the CSS for me
15:48:40 [Ralph]
... in-line
15:49:21 [Ralph]
Avneesh: I still unzip EPUB and read the HTML in a browser
15:52:32 [dauwhe_]
https://the-digital-reader.com/2018/05/01/dropbox-quietly-launches-an-epub-viewer/
15:52:57 [Ralph]
Ralph: thanks George
15:53:06 [Ralph]
... also, kudos to BillK's recent article
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BillK: thanks, unfortunately it's behind Springer's paywall
15:54:09 [Ralph]
zakim, next item
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agendum 4. "AOB" taken up [from Ralph]
15:55:14 [Bill_Kasdorf]
"We're at an Inflection Point for Publishing and the Web": https://rdcu.be/b36KJ.
15:55:42 [Ralph]
[adjourned]
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zakim, end meeting
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As of this point the attendees have been Avneesh, Ralph, George, WendyReid, BillKasdorf, Bill_Kasdorf, Ivan, Garth, dauwhe_
15:55:55 [Zakim]
RRSAgent, please draft minutes v2
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I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2020/08/21-pbgsc-minutes.html Zakim
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I am happy to have been of service, Ralph; please remember to excuse RRSAgent. Goodbye
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rrsagent, bye
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I see no action items