- From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:05:05 -0400
- To: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com>, "Michael(tm) Smith (mike@w3.org)" <mike@w3.org>
- Cc: Judy Brewer <jbrewer@w3.org>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
Colleagues: This request is being sent on behalf of the HTML-A11Y Task Force's Media Subteam. Some time ago we requested removal of certain media related sections from W3C's HTML 5 specification documents because a specific technology solution was being introduced, whereas it was the Subteam's strong viewpoint that this was premature and counter-productive. We are now at the point where we would like this text returned to our W3C documents, however, still without any admixture of specific technology solutions. The Subteam notes that two of these three sections were first drafted in W3C space, but have been improved in key respects by the WHAT-WG. We believe it would be fairly straight forward to return two of the three sections we need without the technology specific language. The third section we need will, in our view, require a bit more effort to introduce in a technology neutral manner. Mindful that heartbeat releases of HTML 5 specification documentsare imminent, we request your guidance on how to proceed. Shall we request the Editor make these modifications and introduce these sections into W3C documents without the technology specific language? Before or after the heartbeat publication? We'd prefer before so that we can begin work on these right away. However, some short delay would not slow us down drastically. We understand there are competing priorities here. Or, should we undertake first redrafting these sections to remove the technology specific references ourselves? The three sections we would like added to our W3C documents are: ITEM 1. The <track> element http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/video.html#the-t rack-element ITEM 2. The Timed Text spec http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/video.html#timed -tracks ITEM 3. The rendering rules http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/rendering.html#t imed-tracks-0 Further specificity regarding this request can be found at: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Sep/051 8.html Thank you for your guidance. Janina -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net Chair, Open Accessibility janina@a11y.org Linux Foundation http://a11y.org Chair, Protocols & Formats Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/wai/pf World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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