[media] Moving forward with captions / subtitles

Hi all,

In a separate thread, there was an extensive discussion about what
declarative markup we should propose to add to HTML5 to introduce a
standard means for associating captions and subtitles that are
provided in separate files with an audio or video element.

The discussion relates to bug 5758 and has currently resulted in a
first draft specification at:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Media_TextAssociations

As you will notice, this proposal builds on several other previously
suggested declarative syntax proposals.

This is a request for discussion of this specification with a view
towards getting an agreement both in the media subgroup and the larger
task force on two issues:

1. The proposed declarative markup

2. The proposed default file formats to support for subtitles and
captions: DFXP and SRT

What are people's opinions / feedback?

Best Regards,
Silvia.

Received on Saturday, 6 February 2010 03:42:02 UTC