[Bug 9673] Remove any reference to a specific Time Stamp format for video captioning from the specification at this time

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9673





--- Comment #4 from John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu>  2010-05-07 00:53:35 ---
Maciej wrote:
>
> My understanding is that WebSRT is a codification and
> set of extensions to SRT, not a brand new format. That
> being said, I think it would be better to put it in its
> own spec.
>
> I think WebSRT, if split out, would probably be a better
> document to reference than the de facto SRT format, 
> which is not properly specified anywhere.

I agree with this, although it strikes me that for a format such as WebSRT to
evolve that you would likely end up with a derivative of either SMIL or TTML,
as much of the required needs analysis for this functionality has already been
done there.

I think that focusing effort on defining a better profile of either format that
meets everyone's needs would be work effort that would show greater payoff,
rather than re-walking old territory.

In either case, I am in agreement that referencing an external document (rather
than embedding it into HTML5) is the better option here.

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