EPUB 3 Working Group - Activity in 2023

Past meetings

• 2 meetings.

  • 12 September 2023

    Publishing Maintenance WG, 12 September 2023. Minutes.

  • 11 September 2023

    Publishing Maintenance WG, 11 September 2023. Minutes.

Lifecycle

• 1 group closed.

  • 20 June 2023

    The EPUB 3 Working Group was closed.

Participants

• 3 participants left.

  • 2 June 2023

    Ben Schroeter (Pearson plc) left.

  • 2 June 2023

    Teenya Franklin (Pearson plc) left.

  • 2 June 2023

    Kyrce Swenson (Pearson plc) left.

• 1 organization left.

  • 2 June 2023

    Pearson plc left.

TR publications

• 16 documents published.

  • 25 May 2023

    EPUB 3.3 published as a Recommendation. History of EPUB 3.3

  • 25 May 2023

    EPUB Accessibility 1.1 published as a Recommendation. History of EPUB Accessibility 1.1

  • 25 May 2023

    EPUB Reading Systems 3.3 published as a Recommendation. History of EPUB Reading Systems 3.3

  • Latest publication 19 May 2023

    EPUB 3 Multiple-Rendition Publications 1.1 published twice as a Note. History of EPUB 3 Multiple-Rendition Publications 1.1

  • Latest publication 19 May 2023

    EPUB 3 Overview published 3 times as a Note. History of EPUB 3 Overview

  • Latest publication 19 May 2023

    EPUB 3 Structural Semantics Vocabulary 1.1 published twice as a Note. History of EPUB 3 Structural Semantics Vocabulary 1.1

  • Latest publication 19 May 2023

    EPUB 3 Text-to-Speech Enhancements 1.0 published twice as a Note. History of EPUB 3 Text-to-Speech Enhancements 1.0

  • Latest publication 19 May 2023

    EPUB Accessibility - EU Accessibility Act Mapping published twice as a Note. History of EPUB Accessibility - EU Accessibility Act Mapping

  • Latest publication 19 May 2023

    EPUB Accessibility Techniques 1.1 published twice as a Note. History of EPUB Accessibility Techniques 1.1

Past meetings

• 1 meeting.

  • 2 May 2023

    Fixed Layout Accessibility Task Force, 2 May 2023.

Participants

• 3 participants left.

  • 18 May 2023

    Rachel Osolen (National Network for Equitable Library Service) left.

  • 18 May 2023

    Farrah Little (National Network for Equitable Library Service) left.

  • 18 May 2023

    Leah Brochu (National Network for Equitable Library Service) left.

• 2 organizations left.

  • 18 May 2023

    Scribd left.

  • 18 May 2023

    National Network for Equitable Library Service left.

TR publications

• 10 documents published.

  • 13 April 2023

    EPUB 3.3 published as a Proposed Recommendation. History of EPUB 3.3

  • 13 April 2023

    EPUB Accessibility 1.1 published as a Proposed Recommendation. History of EPUB Accessibility 1.1

  • 13 April 2023

    EPUB Reading Systems 3.3 published as a Proposed Recommendation. History of EPUB Reading Systems 3.3

  • Latest publication 4 April 2023

    EPUB Accessibility Techniques 1.1 published twice as a Note. History of EPUB Accessibility Techniques 1.1

  • 2 April 2023

    EPUB 3 Multiple-Rendition Publications 1.1 published as a Note. History of EPUB 3 Multiple-Rendition Publications 1.1

  • 2 April 2023

    EPUB 3 Overview published as a Note. History of EPUB 3 Overview

  • 2 April 2023

    EPUB 3 Structural Semantics Vocabulary 1.1 published as a Note. History of EPUB 3 Structural Semantics Vocabulary 1.1

  • 2 April 2023

    EPUB 3 Text-to-Speech Enhancements 1.0 published as a Note. History of EPUB 3 Text-to-Speech Enhancements 1.0

  • 2 April 2023

    EPUB Accessibility - EU Accessibility Act Mapping published as a Note. History of EPUB Accessibility - EU Accessibility Act Mapping

Past meetings

• 2 meetings.

  • 18 April 2023

    Fixed Layout Accessibility Task Force, 18 April 2023.

  • 4 April 2023

    Fixed Layout Accessibility Task Force, 4 April 2023.

Participants

• 6 participants left.

  • 28 April 2023

    Vijaya Gowri Perumal (Newgen Knowledgeworks) left.

  • 28 April 2023

    Karan Malhotra (Newgen Knowledgeworks) left.

  • 28 April 2023

    Will AWAD (Newgen Knowledgeworks) left.

  • 5 April 2023

    Evan Yamanishi (W. W. Norton & Company) left.

  • 5 April 2023

    Mateus Teixeira (W. W. Norton & Company) left.

  • 5 April 2023

    Antonio Kamiya (Dentsu Group Inc.) left.

• 3 organizations left.

  • 28 April 2023

    Newgen Knowledgeworks left.

  • 5 April 2023

    W. W. Norton & Company left.

  • 5 April 2023

    Dentsu Group Inc. left.

TR publications

• 8 documents published.

  • 30 March 2023

    EPUB 3 Multiple-Rendition Publications 1.1 published as a Note. History of EPUB 3 Multiple-Rendition Publications 1.1

  • 30 March 2023

    EPUB 3 Overview published as a Note. History of EPUB 3 Overview

  • 30 March 2023

    EPUB 3 Structural Semantics Vocabulary 1.1 published as a Note. History of EPUB 3 Structural Semantics Vocabulary 1.1

  • 30 March 2023

    EPUB 3 Text-to-Speech Enhancements 1.0 published as a Note. History of EPUB 3 Text-to-Speech Enhancements 1.0

  • Latest publication 30 March 2023

    EPUB Accessibility - EU Accessibility Act Mapping published twice as a Note. History of EPUB Accessibility - EU Accessibility Act Mapping

  • 30 March 2023

    EPUB Accessibility Techniques 1.1 published as a Note. History of EPUB Accessibility Techniques 1.1

  • 14 March 2023

    EPUB Type to ARIA Role Authoring Guide 1.1 published as a Note. History of EPUB Type to ARIA Role Authoring Guide 1.1

Past meetings

• 1 meeting.

  • 21 March 2023

    Fixed Layout Accessibility Task Force, 21 March 2023.

GitHub

w3c/epub-tests

• 4 issues opened.

  • 7 March 2023

    Test - every EPUB publication should be assigned a unique origin w3c/epub-tests#299, by @GJFR.

  • 7 March 2023

    Test - Sideloaded EPUB publications require the user's consent to use scripting and remote resources w3c/epub-tests#297, by @GJFR.

  • 3 March 2023

    Test - Reading systems that allow local storage SHOULD provide methods for users to inspect or delete that data. w3c/epub-tests#295, by @GJFR.

  • 2 March 2023

    Test confreq-rs-file-urls - Reading Systems must prevent access to resources referenced via file URLs w3c/epub-tests#293, by @GJFR.

• 4 issues closed.

  • 22 March 2023

    Test - Sideloaded EPUB publications require the user's consent to use scripting and remote resources w3c/epub-tests#297.

  • 14 March 2023

    Test confreq-rs-file-urls - Reading Systems must prevent access to resources referenced via file URLs w3c/epub-tests#293.

  • 9 March 2023

    Test - Reading systems that allow local storage SHOULD provide methods for users to inspect or delete that data. w3c/epub-tests#295.

  • 9 March 2023

    Test - every EPUB publication should be assigned a unique origin w3c/epub-tests#299.

• 1 issue received 2 new comments.

  • Latest comment 3 March 2023

    Test confreq-rs-file-urls - Reading Systems must prevent access to resources referenced via file URLs w3c/epub-tests#293 (2 comments by @GJFR, @iherman)
• 4 pull requests opened.

  • 7 March 2023

    Add unique origin test w3c/epub-tests#300, by @GJFR.

  • 7 March 2023

    Add test consent requirements of sideloaded EPUB publications w3c/epub-tests#298, by @GJFR.

  • 3 March 2023

    Add scr-storage-delete test w3c/epub-tests#296, by @GJFR.

  • 3 March 2023

    Add pub-file-urls test w3c/epub-tests#294, by @GJFR.

• 4 pull requests merged.

  • 22 March 2023

    Add test consent requirements of sideloaded EPUB publications w3c/epub-tests#298.

  • 14 March 2023

    Add pub-file-urls test w3c/epub-tests#294.

  • 9 March 2023

    Add scr-storage-delete test w3c/epub-tests#296.

  • 9 March 2023

    Add unique origin test w3c/epub-tests#300.

• 4 pull requests received 21 new comments.

  • Latest comment 22 March 2023

    Add test consent requirements of sideloaded EPUB publications w3c/epub-tests#298 (8 comments by @GJFR, @iherman)

  • Latest comment 9 March 2023

    Add pub-file-urls test w3c/epub-tests#294 (5 comments by @GJFR, @iherman)

  • Latest comment 9 March 2023

    Add scr-storage-delete test w3c/epub-tests#296 (4 comments by @GJFR, @iherman)

  • Latest comment 9 March 2023

    Add unique origin test w3c/epub-tests#300 (4 comments by @GJFR, @iherman)

TR publications

• 13 documents published.

  • 21 February 2023

    EPUB 3.3 published as a Candidate Recommendation Snapshot. History of EPUB 3.3

  • 21 February 2023

    EPUB Accessibility 1.1 published as a Candidate Recommendation Snapshot. History of EPUB Accessibility 1.1

  • 21 February 2023

    EPUB Reading Systems 3.3 published as a Candidate Recommendation Snapshot. History of EPUB Reading Systems 3.3

  • Latest publication 9 February 2023

    EPUB 3.3 published twice as a Candidate Recommendation Draft. History of EPUB 3.3

  • Latest publication 9 February 2023

    EPUB Accessibility 1.1 published 3 times as a Candidate Recommendation Draft. History of EPUB Accessibility 1.1

  • Latest publication 9 February 2023

    EPUB Reading Systems 3.3 published 3 times as a Candidate Recommendation Draft. History of EPUB Reading Systems 3.3

  • Latest publication 22 February 2023

    EPUB Accessibility Techniques 1.1 published twice as a Note. History of EPUB Accessibility Techniques 1.1

Past meetings

• 3 meetings.

  • 21 February 2023

    Fixed Layout Accessibility Task Force, 21 February 2023.

  • 10 February 2023

    EPUB 3 Working Group Meeting, 10 February 2023.

  • 7 February 2023

    Fixed Layout Accessibility Task Force, 7 February 2023.

Participants

• 1 participant joined.

  • 9 February 2023

    Philippe Le Hegaret (W3C) joined.

Lifecycle

• 1 charter extension.

  • 12 January 2023

    Charter extended until 31 August 2023.

    Announcement

TR publications

• 20 documents published.

  • Latest publication 23 January 2023

    EPUB Accessibility 1.1 published twice as a Candidate Recommendation Draft. History of EPUB Accessibility 1.1

  • Latest publication 19 January 2023

    EPUB 3.3 published 6 times as a Candidate Recommendation Draft. History of EPUB 3.3

  • Latest publication 18 January 2023

    EPUB Reading Systems 3.3 published 5 times as a Candidate Recommendation Draft. History of EPUB Reading Systems 3.3

  • 13 January 2023

    EPUB 3 Multiple-Rendition Publications 1.1 published as a Note. History of EPUB 3 Multiple-Rendition Publications 1.1

  • 13 January 2023

    EPUB 3 Overview published as a Note. History of EPUB 3 Overview

  • Latest publication 13 January 2023

    EPUB 3 Structural Semantics Vocabulary 1.1 published twice as a Note. History of EPUB 3 Structural Semantics Vocabulary 1.1

  • 13 January 2023

    EPUB 3 Text-to-Speech Enhancements 1.0 published as a Note. History of EPUB 3 Text-to-Speech Enhancements 1.0

  • 13 January 2023

    EPUB Accessibility - EU Accessibility Act Mapping published as a Note. History of EPUB Accessibility - EU Accessibility Act Mapping

  • 13 January 2023

    EPUB Accessibility Techniques 1.1 published as a Note. History of EPUB Accessibility Techniques 1.1

Past meetings

• 3 meetings.

  • 27 January 2023

    EPUB 3 Working Group Meeting, 27 January 2023. Minutes.

  • 25 January 2023

    Fixed Layout Accessibility Task Force, 25 January 2023.

  • 6 January 2023

    EPUB 3 Working Group Meeting, 6 January 2023. Minutes.

Participants

• 1 participant left.

  • 1 January 2023

    Zheng Xu (Gardenia Corp) left.

• 1 organization left.

  • 1 January 2023

    Gardenia Corp left.

GitHub

w3c/epub-tests

• 6 issues opened.

  • 13 January 2023

    Test pkg-linked-records - According to the spec. this test should be a "SHOULD" w3c/epub-tests#284, by @larscwallin.

  • 13 January 2023

    Missing test pkg-spine-nonlinear "usable" w3c/epub-tests#283, by @gautierchomel.

  • 13 January 2023

    Test ocf-zip-mult - The Zip file is not really multiple volume Zip? w3c/epub-tests#282, by @larscwallin.

  • 13 January 2023

    Test ocf-zip-comp - OCF ZIP archives should support the "store" and "deflate" method. w3c/epub-tests#281, by @larscwallin.

  • 11 January 2023

    mol-audio-no-clipend confusing instructions w3c/epub-tests#276, by @mattgarrish.

  • 11 January 2023

    mol-navigation references wrong audio file w3c/epub-tests#275, by @mattgarrish.

• 5 issues closed.

  • 19 January 2023

    Test ocf-zip-comp - OCF ZIP archives should support the "store" and "deflate" method. w3c/epub-tests#281.

  • 18 January 2023

    mol-audio-no-clipend confusing instructions w3c/epub-tests#276.

  • 18 January 2023

    Missing test pkg-spine-nonlinear "usable" w3c/epub-tests#283.

  • 18 January 2023

    Test pkg-linked-records - According to the spec. this test should be a "SHOULD" w3c/epub-tests#284.

  • 16 January 2023

    mol-navigation references wrong audio file w3c/epub-tests#275.

• 4 issues received 15 new comments.

  • Latest comment 17 January 2023

    Test ocf-zip-comp - OCF ZIP archives should support the "store" and "deflate" method. w3c/epub-tests#281 (8 comments by @iherman, @Jeffxz, @larscwallin)

  • Latest comment 18 January 2023

    Missing test pkg-spine-nonlinear "usable" w3c/epub-tests#283 (3 comments by @gautierchomel, @iherman)

  • Latest comment 18 January 2023

    Test ocf-zip-mult - The Zip file is not really multiple volume Zip? w3c/epub-tests#282 (2 comments by @iherman, @Jeffxz)

  • Latest comment 13 January 2023

    mol-navigation references wrong audio file w3c/epub-tests#275 (2 comments by @iherman, @mattgarrish)
• 18 pull requests opened.

  • 27 January 2023

    Tolino Test Results w3c/epub-tests#292, by @wareid.

  • 19 January 2023

    Minor edits to the documents w3c/epub-tests#291, by @wareid.

  • 18 January 2023

    Expanded on the explanation for the mol-audio-no-clipend test w3c/epub-tests#290, by @iherman.

  • 18 January 2023

    Wrong compression was used for ocf-zip-comp w3c/epub-tests#289, by @iherman.

  • 16 January 2023

    Add pkg-spine-nonlinear-usable test as per issue #283 w3c/epub-tests#288, by @gautierchomel.

  • 16 January 2023

    pkg-linked-records should be a "SHOULD" w3c/epub-tests#287, by @iherman.

  • 16 January 2023

    Wrong audio reference w3c/epub-tests#286, by @iherman.

  • 13 January 2023

    Added the fxl test equivalents w3c/epub-tests#285, by @iherman.

  • 12 January 2023

    Removing fxl-orientation-duplication test w3c/epub-tests#280, by @iherman.

  • 12 January 2023

    Added colibrio reader result w3c/epub-tests#279, by @iherman.

  • 12 January 2023

    Add report for EasyReader covering MO tests w3c/epub-tests#278, by @mattgarrish.

  • 11 January 2023

    Update Apple Books iOS media overlay support w3c/epub-tests#277, by @mattgarrish.

  • 11 January 2023

    Add fxl equivalents for the media overlays tests w3c/epub-tests#274, by @mattgarrish.

  • 11 January 2023

    Turned two tests into SHOULD tests w3c/epub-tests#273, by @iherman.

  • 10 January 2023

    Remove question marks from the tables w3c/epub-tests#272, by @iherman.

  • 10 January 2023

    Media type for opus file is updated in pub-cmt-opus test w3c/epub-tests#271, by @iherman.

  • 10 January 2023

    EPUB specific CSS tests are set to SHOULD tests w3c/epub-tests#270, by @iherman.

  • 10 January 2023

    Remove link order tests w3c/epub-tests#269, by @iherman.

• 14 pull requests merged.

  • 30 January 2023

    Tolino Test Results w3c/epub-tests#292.

  • 24 January 2023

    Minor edits to the documents w3c/epub-tests#291.

  • 19 January 2023

    Wrong compression was used for ocf-zip-comp w3c/epub-tests#289.

  • 19 January 2023

    Remove question marks from the tables w3c/epub-tests#272.

  • 18 January 2023

    Expanded on the explanation for the mol-audio-no-clipend test w3c/epub-tests#290.

  • 18 January 2023

    Added the fxl test equivalents w3c/epub-tests#285.

  • 18 January 2023

    pkg-linked-records should be a "SHOULD" w3c/epub-tests#287.

  • 16 January 2023

    Wrong audio reference w3c/epub-tests#286.

  • 12 January 2023

    Removing fxl-orientation-duplication test w3c/epub-tests#280.

  • 12 January 2023

    Added colibrio reader result w3c/epub-tests#279.

  • 12 January 2023

    Turned two tests into SHOULD tests w3c/epub-tests#273.

  • 12 January 2023

    Media type for opus file is updated in pub-cmt-opus test w3c/epub-tests#271.

  • 12 January 2023

    EPUB specific CSS tests are set to SHOULD tests w3c/epub-tests#270.

  • 12 January 2023

    Remove link order tests w3c/epub-tests#269.

• 4 pull requests closed.

  • 18 January 2023

    Add pkg-spine-nonlinear-usable test as per issue #283 w3c/epub-tests#288.

  • 13 January 2023

    Update Apple Books iOS media overlay support w3c/epub-tests#277.

  • 12 January 2023

    Add fxl equivalents for the media overlays tests w3c/epub-tests#274.

  • 12 January 2023

    Add report for EasyReader covering MO tests w3c/epub-tests#278.

• 12 pull requests received 44 new comments.

  • Latest comment 18 January 2023

    Add pkg-spine-nonlinear-usable test as per issue #283 w3c/epub-tests#288 (12 comments by @gautierchomel, @iherman, @mattgarrish, @wareid)

  • Latest comment 12 January 2023

    Add fxl equivalents for the media overlays tests w3c/epub-tests#274 (11 comments by @iherman, @mattgarrish)

  • Latest comment 18 January 2023

    Remove question marks from the tables w3c/epub-tests#272 (6 comments by @iherman, @mattgarrish)

  • Latest comment 18 January 2023

    Added the fxl test equivalents w3c/epub-tests#285 (4 comments by @bduga, @iherman)

  • Latest comment 16 January 2023

    Wrong audio reference w3c/epub-tests#286 (2 comments by @iherman, @mattgarrish)

  • Latest comment 12 January 2023

    Removing fxl-orientation-duplication test w3c/epub-tests#280 (2 comments by @iherman, @mattgarrish)

  • Latest comment 12 January 2023

    Add report for EasyReader covering MO tests w3c/epub-tests#278 (2 comments by @iherman, @mattgarrish)

  • 19 January 2023

    Minor edits to the documents w3c/epub-tests#291 (1 comment by @iherman)

  • 18 January 2023

    Expanded on the explanation for the mol-audio-no-clipend test w3c/epub-tests#290 (1 comment by @mattgarrish)

  • 18 January 2023

    Wrong compression was used for ocf-zip-comp w3c/epub-tests#289 (1 comment by @iherman)

  • 16 January 2023

    pkg-linked-records should be a "SHOULD" w3c/epub-tests#287 (1 comment by @iherman)

  • 13 January 2023

    Update Apple Books iOS media overlay support w3c/epub-tests#277 (1 comment by @iherman)

w3c/epub-structural-tests

• 1 pull request opened.

  • 12 January 2023

    Add latest data from the epubcheck 5.0.0 release w3c/epub-structural-tests#6, by @mattgarrish.

• 1 pull request merged.

  • 13 January 2023

    Add latest data from the epubcheck 5.0.0 release w3c/epub-structural-tests#6.