- From: Thierry Michel <tmichel@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:25:48 +0100
- To: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>, Hypertext CG <w3c-html-cg@w3.org>, 'Chris Lilley' <chris@w3.org>, public-html@w3.org, Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>, Mike Smith <mike@w3.org>
- CC: SYMM <symm@w3.org>, Dick Bulterman <Dick.Bulterman@cwi.nl>
Colleagues, An important topic at this year's W3C Technical Plenary meeting was the elevation of video and audio objects as first-class objects in an HTML presentation. In the current HTML-5 specification, a new set of elements and attributes are proposed to facilitate this promotion. Since the W3C's Synchronized Multimedia working group (SYMM WG) has been looking into related issues for the past 11 years in several editions of the SMIL language, we felt that it might be useful to summarize SMIL timing and media control concepts already in place, so that maximum re-use of existing Web technology can be facilitated. "An Overview of SMIL Timing and Media Attributes for Audio and Video Objects" [1], is a document targeted to become a W3C Working Group Note, provides an overview of the basic timing, media control and temporal linking concepts that are used within a SMIL presentation. It should enable maximum re-use of existing Web technology in other XML languages. Regards, Thierry Michel, SYMM WG staff contact On behalf on the SYMM WG co Chairs. [1] http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/Group/2007/SMIL-AudioVideoControlConcepts.html
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