Re: New version of editors draft released (20121212)

On 2012-12-13 14:59, Dan Burnett wrote:
> I agree that we decided to add "id".  I don't agree with removing
> "label".  My understanding from the f2f meeting was that we would end
> up with both MediaStream and MediaStreamTrack objects having both
> "id" (machine-generated) and "label" (human-generated) attributes.

I remember us talking about the confusing regarding label meaning 
something on MediaStream and something else on MediaStramTrack, but I 
don't really recall the exact resolution.

This edit was really a rename of what you refer to as the 
"machine-generated" identifier from "label" to "id" to align with 
MediaStreamTrack. We've never had a "human-generated" identifier on 
MediaStream so it hasn't been removed. :)

I'm not really convinced we need a human settable identifier on 
MediaStream unless it's transported over a p2p connection (and we have a 
use-case for that). If you want to assign a custom label to a 
MediaStream on the local side you can simply add as many new properties 
to it as you like (myStream.label = "Web Cam & headset mic"; ).

/Adam