Thanks, Kevin,

One would think that proposing a new standard, even one of restricted
scope, would entail having consulted and referenced other existing
standards, or at least would require notifying the target groups
(Lexicog and Euralex lists come to mind, minimally).

Oh well. I'll push this into Lexicog, at least.

Best,

  Piotr


On 05/12/11 17:50, Kevin Hawkins wrote:
> Forwarding this from the mailing list of the IDPF EPUB Working Group.
> Note the draft proposal for a working group on facilitating inclusion of
> dictionaries in EPUB.  I believe feedback should be sent to Markus
> Gylling, whose email is given in Google Code.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:epub-working-
>> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Markus Gylling
>> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 5:50 PM
>> To: Google Groups EPUB
>> Subject: Re: Charter proposals for dictionaries and indexes projects
>> now available for comment
>>
>> … and the proposals are available at
>>
>> http://code.google.com/p/epub-revision/wiki/DictionariesCharterProposal
>> and
>> http://code.google.com/p/epub-revision/wiki/IndexesCharterProposal
>>
>>
>> On Dec 2, 2011, at 11:29 PM, Markus Gylling wrote:
>>
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > following the virtual workshop on dictionaries and indexes that was
>> held on 18 October, the ad-hoc groups that were formed have now
>> published drafts of charter proposals for two working groups on indexes
>> and dictionaries, respectively.
>> >
>> > As per IDPFs policies and procedures, these are hereby submitted to
>> the membership for a 14 day comment period (ending December 16, 2011).
>> >
>> > Comments received will be reviewed by the AHGs and IDPF board and the
>> subsequent step would be for a revised version of the proposal to be
>> approved by the IDPF board for submission to members for a consent vote
>> to approve working group creation.
>> >
>> > We welcome your input!
>> >
>> > On behalf of the AHGs,
>> >
>> > /markus
>