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Ballot Title: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34/JWG 7 (EPUB) – ISO/IEC CD 22424, Digital publishing – Long-term archiving for EPUB (EPUB/A)

Vote

‘Yes’ with comments.

Comments

  • Typo on 8.2 Metadata, for “Creation Date or Start Date/End Date (dc:date)”.
  • The reference for EPUB should be updated. Other related standards are:
  • EPUB 3.3 Implementation report: 2025-05-02 w3c.github.io/epub-specs/epub33/reports/
  • EPUB 3.3 W3C Recommendation 2025-03-27 www.w3.org/TR/epub-33
  • EPUB Accessibility 1.1 also has the newer version. This standard needs to check “Conformance and Discoverability Requirements for EPUB publications” 2024-10-17 www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-11
  • There is a Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 , W3C Recommendation, 2024-12-12. www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-11
  • Government of Canada – Accessibility Standards Canada
    ASC-6.2 Accessible and Equitable Artificial Intelligence Systems. 2025-03. [Status: Public Review] accessible.canada.ca/creating-accessibility-standards/…
  • ISO 14289-2:2024 (February 2024) Document management applications – Electronic document file format enhancement for accessibility Part 2: Use of ISO 32000-2 (PDF/UA-2) www.iso.org/standard/82278.html
  • EN 301 549 (EU Standard) Harmonised European Standard. Accessibility requirements for ICT products and services (March 2021) https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/301500_301599/301549/03.02.01_60/en_301549v030201p.pdf

Description

ISO/IEC CD 22424, Information technology – Digital publishing – EPUB 3 archiving for preservation (EPUB/A) specifies content conformance and packaging requirements for the long-term preservation of EPUB publications. It represents a more restrictive form of EPUB publication than allowed by ISO/IEC 23736 and EPUB 3.3.