RE: CFC Via WBS re Bug 9673 Remove WEBSRT

Janina Sajka
> 
> I was requested to draft and circulate resolution language expressing
> our concern and desire to have WEBSRT removed from HTML 5 specification
> documents at this time. As Bug 9673, "Remove any reference to a specific
> Time Stamp format for  video captioning from the specification at this
> time,"  has now been filed expressing this same conclusion, I have
> drafted our candidate resolution in support of this bug:
> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9673
> 
> This email provides this draft resolution and serves as our Call for
> Consensus on
> this question.
> 
> Please vote on this resolution via WBS at:
> http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/44061/20100513_cfc-websrt/



Further to the justifications put forth in this Draft Resolution, support
for extracting a specific time stamp format from the Draft HTML5 Spec has
also seen prior written support this past week from a number of browser
vendors/implementers:

	"That said, I definitely don't think putting this language into
the
HTML5 spec is the right thing to do. I think everyone (with possible
exception of editor) would be served by having it be in a separate
spec."
- Jonas Sicking / Mozilla
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010May/0161.html

	"Given this, I am strongly in favour of having any external
associated
text format specified independently from the HTML5 specification. It
will also help authoring of such files, since they will not just be
used in the Web context."
- Silvia Pfeiffer / Mozilla (Contractor)
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010May/0114.html

	"My understanding is that WebSRT is a codification and set of
extensions to SRT,
not a brand new format. That being said, I think it would be better to put
it
in its own spec."
- Maciej Stachowiak / WebKit - Apple
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9673#c3

	"Microsoft believes that the HTML5 spec should not define a
captioning format.
It is out of scope for the document. Further, while SRT is a good choice
for
very simple captioning needs, there are many existing formats that content
providers use for subtitles and captions. Consequently, the spec should
allow
user agents to support multiple formats without mandating a particular
format
as the one and only requirement."
- Adrian Bateman / Microsoft
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9673#c6

Sincerely

JF

Received on Monday, 10 May 2010 17:42:57 UTC