[Bug 10902] <video> element needs to support some form of DRM solution

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10902

--- Comment #43 from Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3cbug@gmail.com> 2010-10-13 19:00:02 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #41)
> Please don't take offense at this, but this almost seems like you're saying
> that we should just wait until the browsers determine what we should have, and
> then they'll let us add this to a future version of HTML.

Basically, yes, that's what he's saying.  It's part of the normal spec
development process for HTML5:

http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#Is_there_a_process_for_adding_new_features_to_a_specification.3F

Interest by some notable implementers is essential in getting things added to
the spec.  Otherwise you end up speccing things that no one cares about.

> Remember, HTML isn't only consumed by browsers. And browsers aren't the only
> gatekeeper for the spec.

If there were a substantial non-browser implementation that was interested,
that would count too.  But hypothetical implementations that may or may not
exist don't count.  Otherwise you wind up wasting your time writing a spec that
almost no one will use in practice.  This is one of the core philosophical
differences between HTML5 and XHTML2: spec what implementers want to implement,
nothing more or less.

> Bugs are not a particularly good place to have general discussions.
> Unfortunately, with the HTML WG procedures, I'm not sure what other venue is
> available for these discussions to take place.

public-html is the correct place within the HTML WG.  The whatwg list would
also work, although of course that's part of the WHATWG and not the W3C. 
However, you aren't going to make progress without a specific proposal, or list
of goals and detailed explanation of the use-case, drafted with the input of
someone who wants to implement it in a major implementation -- most likely a
browser.

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Received on Wednesday, 13 October 2010 19:00:04 UTC