Re: Media Fragment URI Syntax: 3 polls now open

Thanks, that helps a lot.

At 18:35  +0100 22/01/09, Raphaël Troncy wrote:
>Dear Dave,
>
>>I was looking at these, but a first glance 
>>didn't get me to the point where I understood 
>>the questions very well (the IRC logs are not 
>>completely revealing).  What's the best 
>>statement of the question/problem for each one?
>
>Hum, I'm sorry that the phrasing of the 
>questions and the context I tried to put around 
>is not clear enough for the ones who were not in 
>Ghent :-( Let me give it another try ...
>
>During our 2nd face to face meeting, we have 
>brainstormed on what would be the syntax of the 
>media fragment URI. The wiki page summarizing 
>the current syntax is [1]. There are still some 
>issues for which we haven't make a formal 
>decision, thus these polls.
>In particular:
>
>>>  * What should be the primary separator in the 
>>>syntax for Media Fragment URI? 
>>>http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/42785/MFRAGSYNTAXSEPARATOR/
>
>We agree that the *secondary* separator would be 
>the comma character (','). For example, in 
>http://www.example.com/movie.mov#t=12.33,21.16 
>the comma is used to separate the two time 
>points that define the sequence to retrieve. We 
>need to have a *primary* separator. For example, 
>for selecting a track _and_ a temporal sequence 
>in 
>http://www.example.com/movie.mov#track='audio1'&t=12.33,21.16
>
>Question: What should be the primary separator?
>Choices: '&' or ';'
>I can't remember why Yves said he would almost 
>prefer the semi-colon option ... Yves ?
>
>>>  * How to define a rectangle region in the 
>>>syntax for Media Fragment URI? 
>>>http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/42785/MFRAGSYNTAXRECTANGLE/
>
>This is the traditional problem of defining a 
>rectangle region. Providing 4 int is not enough, 
>as people never know to which refer each value! 
>We decide therefore to use a string that tells 
>which value is what.
>
>Question: Which string should be use?
>Choices: xywh, trbl, tlbr, x1y1x2y2
>
>Some are longer to type but clearer ... Note 
>that trbl is the only one that prevents cropping 
>an area that would be outside the image!
>
>>>  * Are the quotes around track and id optional 
>>>in the syntax for Media Fragments URI? 
>>>http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/42785/MFRAGSYNTAXQUOTE/
>
>Among the 4 dimensions we are considering, two 
>(track and id) will have as value a string of 
>characters. If this string can be 
>internationalized, then we need to quote them. 
>If we just write identifiers (that contain no 
>exotic characters), then the characters are 
>un-necessary making the syntax heavier.
>
>Question: Are the quotes around track and id optional?
>Choices: optional (yes) or mandatory (no)
>
>Does that help?
>Best regards.
>
>   Raphaël
>
>[1] http://www.w3.org/2008/WebVideo/Fragments/wiki/Syntax
>
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David Singer
Multimedia Standards, Apple Inc.

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