On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 5:18 PM, David Singer <singer@mac.com> wrote: > > > > On Nov 27, 2017, at 10:45 , Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> wrote: > > > > Given that such an addition to CSS would require years to obtain in a > REC, it is entirely impractical to use this rationale with TTML2 (and > probably TTML3). > > > > I read this, perhaps wrongly (and if so, please correct me) that the timed > text group can, and should, invent styling mechanisms that are different > from, or absent from, CSS, because they can move faster. If this is what > you mean, I disagree in almost every respect, and in particular, if > something is needed for styling text in general, it belongs in CSS. *Only* > if the styling is caption-specific and irrelevant in all other contexts, > should the captioning language invent new styling. > Since this (invent styling mechanisms as needed) is the status quo for this group and for TTML in particular, what you suggest is a departure from existing practice, and not the other way around. > > David Singer > > singer@mac.com > >
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