- From: John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu>
- Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 10:42:21 -0700 (PDT)
- To: "'Janina Sajka'" <janina@rednote.net>, "'HTML Accessibility Task Force'" <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
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
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