Re: Timed tracks

On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 14:25 -0700, Edward O'Connor wrote:
> >> > while I appreciate your enthusiasm and time that you're spending on this
> >> > issue, I'm surprised to see that you're incorporating a new captioning
> >> > format in the HTML5 specification without discussing about it.
> >>
> >> We've been discussing this for close to a year now.
> >
> > Nowhere did we say that the HTML5 specification should include its own
> > captioning format in that discussion.
> 
> I think the unsuitability of many existing formats for use on the Web
> has been pretty well established during those discussions, so I'm not
> sure what's objectionable here.

I'm not objecting to exploring new formats or new versions of existing
formats, but I don't believe that the HTML5 specification should the
definition of such thing. At the minimum, it should be in its document.

Philippe

Received on Wednesday, 5 May 2010 21:33:23 UTC