Re: a second message on transitions, from your Chair

Thanks for the clarification!


On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:32 PM, David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote:

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> On May 15, 2013, at 12:29 , Loretta Guarino Reid <
> lorettaguarino@google.com> wrote:
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> > I'm not entirely sure what this means, but "using TTML as a source
> format for WebVTT" sounds scary…
>
> maybe badly expressed by me.  One ought to be able to convert TTML to VTT.
>  We've had a long-standing action to define how that's done.  TTML is an
> authoring/exchange format by design, so it ought to be possible and needs
> defining…
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> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
> > Date: Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:03 PM
> > Subject: a second message on transitions, from your Chair
> > To: "public-texttracks@w3.org" <public-texttracks@w3.org>
> >
> >
> > Further to this message below, there is a proposal to take the 'first
> version' of VTT through the formal WG process, so we can publish a full
> recommendation.  In discussion with the Timed Text working group (under
> Sean Hayes, that works on TTML) we think we could do that in a 'bi-cameral'
> working group, with sub-groups focused on the two technologies, but with
> common discussion of matters of common interest.  That would also enable
> the cross-format deliverables (e.g. using TTML as a source format for VTT).
> >
> > I encourage you to look at the draft charter that Philippe has made:
> >      http://www.w3.org/2013/05/timed-text-charter.html
> > and send feedback (I haven't sent mine yet).
> >
> > The vision is that in the working group, only well-formed ideas that get
> general consensus would be incorporated, along with any integration issues
> (e.g. keeping the fit in html media).  I think 'not breaking the past'
> would be very important.  It's more important to make sure the
> documentation is clear, the test suite good, interop achieved, and so on.
> >
> > The community group would continue, working with fewer constraints,
> doing explorations, concerns that have no good resolutions proposed,
> experiments, and so on, until they mature.
> >
> > (I actually have some hope that the amount of material in either
> category is small.)
> >
> > Comments on this direction, and the proposed charter, are welcome.
> >
> >
> > On Mar 19, 2013, at 14:32 , David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi group,
> > >
> > >
> > > Two transitions:
> > >
> > > 1.  Ian has expressed a desire to step-down as editor, and Silvia has
> indicated a willingness to take over the role.  I hope everyone is with me
> in --
> > >
> > >  1a.  Thanking Ian profusely for having started the VTT effort and
> shaped and edited it thus far. It's really important.
> > >
> > >  1b.  Thanking Silvia for volunteering to step up.
> > >
> > > If you have any concerns, alternative candidates, or the like, about
> this transition, please communicate with me and I'll weigh them and try to
> address them.  I think Silvia will do a fine job, and her link to the HTML5
> effort will help also.
> > >
> > >
> > > 2.  We're getting close to a specification which looks pretty stable,
> and is 'feature complete' and implemented enough that we think we might
> have teased out the more obvious gotchas.  Various people in the industry
> would like a 'stable reference' in addition to the cutting-edge draft.  The
> community group process has a tool for this, called the 'Final Spec.
> Agreement (FSA)' (see <http://www.w3.org/community/about/agreements/>,
> which is actually the process document).  Signing this gives us both a
> stable reference at a stable URL, and also IPR commitments from those who
> sign.
> > >
> > > I think it would be good to do an FSA fairly soon.  If members of the
> group could look at the process and the FSA with a view to understanding
> it, and being prepared to sign, that would be great.
> > >
> > > Thanks, and onwards to ever better accessibility!
> > >
> > > David Singer
> > > Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
> > >
> >
> > David Singer
> > Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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> David Singer
> Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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