Publishing Chairs’ Telco — Minutes

Date: 2019-04-19

See also the Agenda and the IRC Log

Attendees

Present: Jeff Jaffe, Ivan Herman, George Kerscher, Dave Cramer, Daihei Shiohama (塩濱大平), Garth Conboy

Regrets: Liisa McCloy-Kelley, Luc Audrain, Karen Myers, Tzviya Siegman, Rachel Comerford, Jun’Ichi Yoshii

Guests:

Chair: Daihei Shiohama (塩濱大平)

Scribe(s): Dave Cramer, Jeff Jaffe

Content:

Dave Cramer: the EPUB 3 CG is voting on final approval for EPUB 3.2
… the business group also needs to approve

all: discussion of timing of voting

Dave Cramer: so we send out email from BG on April 23, and voting ends April 30

Jeff Jaffe: I want to make sure we reach out to Japan, and make sure they are OK with this

Daihei Shiohama (塩濱大平): I will make sure that people in Japan have enough information
… and I can report any reluctance that I hear
… I will take care of it

Ivan Herman: There was a mailing list set up in Japanese. Is that active; can we use that channel?

Daihei Shiohama (塩濱大平): yes. In addition to sending out agenda to global PBG members, I let everyone know ahead of time in Japan
… and I send out an agenda to Japanese members, using that ML
… and I send that to Taiwan

Ivan Herman: if we have BG next Tuesday, we decide to start voting, then you can send that information out right after the meeting?

Daihei Shiohama (塩濱大平): yes

Ivan Herman: that’s good

George Kerscher: What about IP?

Jeff Jaffe: https://www.w3.org/community/about/agreements/summary/

Jeff Jaffe: If you want IP protection, you might consider getting participants and their companies signing the FSA
… FSA information ^^
… but that would take time.

Garth Conboy: (not as a lawyer) EPUB 3.2 inherits IP protection from 3.1 and 3.0.1

Dave: Some new features
… e.g. Makoto’s voicing metadata feature
… we need to learn by doing

Ivan Herman: Need to share this on Tuesday with the BG
… can you do that Dave, clearly?

Dave: Can’t guarantee clear

Ivan Herman: I agree
… George, can you talk to your lawyers?

Garth Conboy: I can check. I’m optimistic.

George Kerscher: I raised it as well.
… would hate to delay.

Jeff Jaffe: Also possible to get a consensus, announce on the 30th together with the checker
… tell everyone it is final
… but continue to get FSA’s signed and formal do a final publication later with the FSA’s.

George Kerscher: So basically we are done on the 30th, but we restate this at a later point with the FSA’s.

Garth Conboy: Yes an announcement; followed by a formal publication.

Dave: So procedurally are there two “final” specs?

Dave Cramer: https://www.w3.org/community/json-ld/spec/48/commitments

Jeff Jaffe: Ivan needs to take an action to report back on how that works

Jeff Jaffe: Thanks, Dave, for pointing to JSON-LD. Few commitments because it then transitioned to REC track and commitments came there
… EPUB 3.2 is different because that has no (current) plan to transition - so this is our best and perhaps final chance to get full spec commitments

Ivan Herman: Bring to the BG on Tuesday.

Dave: I’ll tee this up for the BG agenda
… and also talk to folks