- From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 17:51:30 +0100
- To: HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
More to the point, even we were to select a timed text format as recommended or mandatory, that's a long way from making it the only one ever possible. The API *clearly* needs to be generic and not specific to a given format. On Nov 3, 2010, at 17:38 , bugzilla@jessica.w3.org wrote: > http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11207 > > John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu> changed: > > What |Removed |Added > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > CC| |jfoliot@stanford.edu > > --- Comment #2 from John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu> 2010-11-03 16:38:52 UTC --- > (In reply to comment #1) >> Why do we want to remove WebSRT specifics? > > At this time the media sub-group of the Accessibility Task Force desire that > the language be as neutral and technology agnostic as possible. It is unclear > _at this time_ if WebSRT is sufficient for meeting all of the user requirements > and author needs that we have identified. We are currently evaluating a number > of time formats (WebSRT, TTML, etc.) to determine which, if any, best meets > these needs, which is why we are asking that folks review the user > requirements. > >> Why do we want to try and >> genericize the API, when there aren't currently plans to add additional timed >> text formats? > > Curious to know where this assertion is coming from, as AFAIK this has never > been discussed within the W3C, and this is a topic that I have been following > most closely. Implementers might be experimenting with WebSRT today (and there > is usefulness in that), but at this time I do not believe a final decision has > been made to standardize on a specific time format. > > -- > Configure bugmail: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/userprefs.cgi?tab=email > ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- > You are on the CC list for the bug. > David Singer Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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