- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:31:50 +0000 (UTC)
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010, Jonas Sicking wrote: > > Based on your email, this sounds like a very interesting format. > However I can't really be certain due to two issues: > > 1. Reviewing the format by reading the parsing specification is > basically impossible. Basically requires comming up with random > inputs, stepping through the specification for each input, until I see > patterns in the output. This will take more time than I have > available. It's also likely that I'll miss several patterns. > 2. In order to ensure that I've read all the parts related to WebSRT I > need to read the full HTML spec. While this is something I'm in the > process of doing, it'll probably take me months before I'm done. > > In short, I'd love to see WebSRT be written as a separate spec, with > sections (non-normative if needed) that contain more human readable > information about the format. The WebSRT stuff itself is pretty modular, it's just two sections: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete/video.html#websrt-0 http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete/rendering.html#timed-tracks-0 The lack of introductory material and examples is absolutely a problem and I have every intention of adding much such material in the near future. I apologise for not having it already written; I generally delay writing the introductory material until after zcorpan, hsivonen, jgraham, Philip`, annevk, and others have looked at the spec, so that I don't have to rewrite the introductory material several times as it tracks the changes resulting from the major bugs they find. :-) In the meantime, the main place to start right now is the syntax of the WebSRT file, which is defined separate from the parser: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete/video.html#syntax-0 HTH, -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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