Re: Metadata in the VTT file header (bug 15851), use cases (and a need to close this)

On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, David Singer wrote:
> On Aug 30, 2012, at 12:14 , Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote:
> > 
> > My objection is to defining syntax _without_ names.
> 
> Fine, then document the parsing rules, the defined names (language and 
> style so far, as far as I can tell), and the way to ignore other stuff, 
> and a reserved x- space for experimentation.  Maybe we don't need all 
> this heat.

That's still backwards. We should start with the names, then consider what 
syntaxes make sense for them. That's why I keep saying to file bugs for 
specific use cases with concrete examples.

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