{minutes} TTWG Meeting 2015-08-13

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   [1]W3C

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                Timed Text Working Group Teleconference

13 Aug 2015

   See also: [2]IRC log

      [2] http://www.w3.org/2015/08/13-tt-irc


Attendees

   Present
          nigel, Mike, Pierre, Andreas, Thierry, Courtney

   Regrets
          Frans

   Chair
          nigel

   Scribe
          nigel

Contents

     * [3]Topics
         1. [4]This meeting
         2. [5]Action Items
         3. [6]TPAC 2015
         4. [7]TTML2 Editorial Actions
         5. [8]HTMLCue Proposal
     * [9]Summary of Action Items
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   <trackbot> Date: 13 August 2015

   <scribe> scribe: nigel

This meeting

   nigel: Agenda for today has a few action items and maybe TPAC
   plus the HTMLCue proposal. AOB?

   group: No AOB

Action Items

   action-409?

   <trackbot> action-409 -- Nigel Megitt to Discuss liaison with
   unicode with richard ishida -- due 2015-07-09 -- PENDINGREVIEW

   <trackbot>
   [10]http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/TT/tracker/actions/409


     [10] http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/TT/tracker/actions/409


   nigel: We sent the message to Mark Davis of Unicode, and
   haven't had any response yet.

   pal: Something else we can also do is to file an issue on their
   tracker, or to supplement the existing one with the new text.
   ... I'm not sure which one is better. If we haven't heard back
   in a week maybe we can do that.

   nigel: Okay that's a good idea, let's revisit that if we've had
   no response by next week.

   close action-409

   <trackbot> Closed action-409.

   <scribe> ACTION: nigel Add Unicode liaison to weekly meeting
   agenda [recorded in
   [11]http://www.w3.org/2015/08/13-tt-minutes.html#action01]

   <trackbot> Created ACTION-414 - Add unicode liaison to weekly
   meeting agenda [on Nigel Megitt - due 2015-08-20].

TPAC 2015

   action-412?

   <trackbot> action-412 -- Nigel Megitt to Add draft topics for
   tpac to wiki page as discussed today and last week -- due
   2015-08-13 -- PENDINGREVIEW

   <trackbot>
   [12]http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/TT/tracker/actions/412


     [12] http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/TT/tracker/actions/412


   [13]https://www.w3.org/wiki/TimedText/tpac2015


     [13] https://www.w3.org/wiki/TimedText/tpac2015


   nigel: I've done this action - the wiki page holds the topics
   we have so far. I've also added my
   ... arrival and departure times and hotel.
   ... If you're attending please could you add your name to the
   page?

   close action-412

   <trackbot> Closed action-412.

   nigel: I've done that, so closing it. But this agenda item is
   an opportunity for more topics.

   Courtney: We're close to having a 1st draft of the mapping
   document and would like to be able
   ... to discuss it in person at TPAC - it might take a few hours
   to half a day.

   nigel: Okay, I and I guess David Singer will have to work out
   how to allocate the time over the
   ... two days to all the topics we have. I'm not sure what
   David's plans are but if he's able to be
   ... present then we'll need to hook up to work out how to share
   the time.
   ... Any other requests?

   tmichel: I guess the Timed Text Working Group charter is linked
   to the IMSC 2 deliverable. The current
   ... charter doesn't mention IMSC version numbers, so we'll need
   to discuss that. I don't know
   ... if that needs a charter extension - it's an open issue.

   nigel: Thanks, yes that's a good point. I can't remember the
   discussions we had when we chose
   ... to split IMSC up into v1 and v2 but the result was that we
   didn't make any charter changes.

   tmichel: We can open up discussions with plh when he's back
   from vacation, in early September

   nigel: If there are no other proposals right now for the
   agenda, just a reminder to register
   ... and book hotels etc.

   tmichel: If you register before Sep 26 with the hotels then you
   get the discount rate.
   ... And the advance registration for TPAC closes on Oct 7 -
   until then its 85 USD per day
   ... and after that 170 USD. This is all mentioned on the wiki
   page.

   [14]http://www.w3.org/2015/10/TPAC/#registration


     [14] http://www.w3.org/2015/10/TPAC/#registration


TTML2 Editorial Actions

   action-413?

   <trackbot> action-413 -- Nigel Megitt to Update the
   ednotes.xlsx to remove/mark up completed work -- due 2015-08-13
   -- PENDINGREVIEW

   <trackbot>
   [15]http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/TT/tracker/actions/413


     [15] http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/TT/tracker/actions/413


   nigel: I did check that this is up to date - completed work is
   marked as C, open as O.

   close action-413

   <trackbot> Closed action-413.

   nigel: I also uploaded a README.txt document for anyone wanting
   to make editorial changes.
   ... I also pushed a couple of examples, for padding and
   textAlign on span elements, but
   ... as far as I can see Glenn hasn't yet regenerated the ED and
   pushed it, so you can't see them yet.
   ... If you want to see them then pull from Mercurial, run ant
   to build the HTML and have a look.
   ... Let me know if you have any difficulties doing that.

HTMLCue Proposal

   action-406?

   <trackbot> action-406 -- Andreas Tai to Follow on creating a
   strawman re: html cue extension specification -- due 2015-07-16
   -- OPEN

   <trackbot>
   [16]http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/TT/tracker/actions/406


     [16] http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/TT/tracker/actions/406


   atai: I sent round the proposal and there's already been some
   discussion. The idea is to
   ... draft the proposal and then approach developers etc and see
   if there's any feedback.
   ... I would propose to use this and think about to whom we want
   to contribute the summary,
   ... and inform about our planned activity.

   [17]https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tt/2015Aug/0009

   .html

     [17] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tt/2015Aug/0009.html


   atai: The proposal is very straightforward, which is what we
   discussed, that we want an
   ... implementation of the Text Track Cue interface, with HTML
   data instead of VTT.
   ... And I added some notes to explain why we think that's
   useful, to address the feedback
   ... from previous discussions, that we should highlight why we
   need an extension, and
   ... possibly already have a proposal for how this works out.
   ... It would allow more than one format to use the Text Track
   Cue interface in browsers. The
   ... solutions could be to map everything to VttCues, to define
   a cue type for every format, or
   ... to define a generic cue. I describe why a generic HTML cue
   would be a good solution,
   ... coming from the feedback from Opera, Glenn and our
   discussions. The cue data is HTML
   ... and it's easy for browsers to render.

   nigel: I'm trying to think ahead for what the spec might look
   like. We have the idea of a cue
   ... containing HTML. Then there would be some kind of handler
   for an onenter event - that would
   ... put the HTML payload of the cue somewhere - how would we
   specify where?
   ... And would it append or replace?

   atai: I think that's the proposal, and your questions are the
   task to solve.
   ... I want to ask everyone else if they think that's what we
   discussed and how realistic it is to
   ... implement it in browsers.

   pal: I don't have an opinion on that other than that to date
   there's no generic way in HTML5
   ... to assign HTML to time events, which is essentially the
   proposal. This has been discussed
   ... in the past and I think Silvia stated factually the
   feedback in the past.

   nigel: My reading of Silvia's emails is that the world has
   moved on and it may be worth raising
   ... this proposal once again even if it was previously
   considered and not taken any further.

   atai: I think it's worth taking this and starting some quiet
   discussions.

   pal: If I'm not mistaken Glenn already proposed a patch on
   webkit.

   atai: I think it was a TTML implementation proposal.

   pal: You might be right - in that case it would be worth
   highlighting that this is something different.

   atai: The problem with that was that the browser devs didn't
   like XML.

   nigel: Specifically it was the Google blink community.

   atai: I think the proposal from Giuseppe Pascale was to raise
   this and see what feedback we get.

   pal: Maybe an initial channel to try would be the Web & TV IG.

   atai: That may be one, yes. We can send something officially
   across groups. Giuseppe also
   ... proposed contacting the WHATWG. Those would be official
   channels. We can also make
   ... more informal contact.
   ... Giuseppe mentioned WHATWG because a lot of developers are
   on the reflector for that group.

   tmichel: I can investigate the options for contacting WHATWG.

   atai: We also need to take be aware that we will need a mapping
   document from TTML to
   ... HTML. We would also need to be willing to draft such a
   mapping in case an HTMLCue were
   ... accepted by the other groups.

   nigel: There was also a question on the reflector about
   implementation in browsers and if
   ... anyone could do that. Can anyone respond to that question
   here?

   atai: No, but I think it's an interesting observation that even
   VTTCue is implemented by
   ... mapping VTT into HTML. I think there are open source or
   other players that take TTML and
   ... populate the cue with very HTML-like data. That could be
   worth investigating if we can
   ... point to implementations that use that strategy.

   nigel: I don't think it's a secret that EBU has a dash.js fork
   on github that takes exactly this
   ... approach, misusing VTTCue because that's the only thing
   that's supported by browsers
   ... and not showing the track, but using the timing of the cues
   to fire onenter and onexit
   ... events whose handlers simply attach or remove HTML from a
   target element.
   ... In terms of taking this forward, I can as chair take on the
   liaison role for sending the
   ... draft text to Web & TV IG and to the HTML WG and possibly
   WHATWG. The first question
   ... is if the draft text is okay to send now?

   pal: Have you considered thinking what the next steps would be,
   and for example pointing
   ... to those areas in the code that convert VTT into HTML?

   atai: The idea from Opera would be first to test the idea and
   then go into detail later.
   ... What we discussed in the last face to face meeting is if we
   want to initiate a joint meeting
   ... with HTML WG at TPAC.

   nigel: For me I think we could add a little bit more detail
   such as pointing to existing code
   ... or addressing some of the questions like what action
   happens on the entry and exit events
   ... exactly, and how the target element is identified.
   ... I'm interested to know what Courtney's feeling on this
   would be?

   Courtney: I'll take a look at this and talk to the webkit guys
   about it.

   mike: I haven't studied this either. I'm not familiar with this
   area though.

   nigel: So turning this into actions, we have the one Courtney
   just mentioned; I'm happy to try
   ... to edit the draft to include some of the areas that we know
   need addressing but haven't
   ... wanted to spend time on until we know the idea might be
   adopted, and Thierry will
   ... investigate the possibility of contacting WHATWG.
   ... I'd like to revisit this next week following these actions
   and make some concrete plans
   ... to contact people e.g. Web & TV IG etc.
   ... On a possibly related subject is it worth a quick mention
   of the TTML WebVTT mapping
   ... work?

   Courtney: Sure. Andreas, Loretta and I have made good progress
   on it and hopefully can share
   ... the draft with the group in the next few weeks. We've
   defined sections on layout, style and timing,
   ... and a TTML profile that matches the WebVTT feature set.

   <mike> had to drop for another call

   nigel: We're out of time so I'll adjourn the meeting - if we
   can come back with those HTMLCue
   ... actions next week that would be great. Thanks very much
   everyone. [adjourns meeting]

   close action-406

   <trackbot> Closed action-406.

Summary of Action Items

   [NEW] ACTION: nigel Add Unicode liaison to weekly meeting
   agenda [recorded in
   [18]http://www.w3.org/2015/08/13-tt-minutes.html#action01]

   [End of minutes]
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