May 11, 2016
W3C and IDPF announced on May 10, 2016, in Chicago, Illinois, that they have a plan to combine their organizations to accelerate the advancement of publishing technology on the Open Web Platform.
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web and W3C Director, and Bill McCoy, IDPF Executive Director, unveiled this plan after the keynote address at IDPF DigiCon, held at BookExpo America (BEA) 2016 in Chicago from May 10–11.
For more details, please see:
20160511_Press Release from Keio Research Institute at SFC, Keio University (W3C)2.pdf.pdf
Source: Office of Research Development and Sponsored Projects at Shonan Fujisawa Campus