- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:54:08 +0100
- To: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Cc: HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
I recommend adding these comments to the bug. - Maciej On Nov 3, 2010, at 5:51 PM, David Singer wrote: > More to the point, even we were to select a timed text format as recommended or mandatory, that's a long way from making it the only one ever possible. The API *clearly* needs to be generic and not specific to a given format. > > On Nov 3, 2010, at 17:38 , bugzilla@jessica.w3.org wrote: > >> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11207 >> >> John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu> changed: >> >> What |Removed |Added >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> CC| |jfoliot@stanford.edu >> >> --- Comment #2 from John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu> 2010-11-03 16:38:52 UTC --- >> (In reply to comment #1) >>> Why do we want to remove WebSRT specifics? >> >> At this time the media sub-group of the Accessibility Task Force desire that >> the language be as neutral and technology agnostic as possible. It is unclear >> _at this time_ if WebSRT is sufficient for meeting all of the user requirements >> and author needs that we have identified. We are currently evaluating a number >> of time formats (WebSRT, TTML, etc.) to determine which, if any, best meets >> these needs, which is why we are asking that folks review the user >> requirements. >> >>> Why do we want to try and >>> genericize the API, when there aren't currently plans to add additional timed >>> text formats? >> >> Curious to know where this assertion is coming from, as AFAIK this has never >> been discussed within the W3C, and this is a topic that I have been following >> most closely. Implementers might be experimenting with WebSRT today (and there >> is usefulness in that), but at this time I do not believe a final decision has >> been made to standardize on a specific time format. >> >> -- >> Configure bugmail: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/userprefs.cgi?tab=email >> ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- >> You are on the CC list for the bug. >> > > David Singer > Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc. > >
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