[Bug 28264] New: [webvtt] 4.3.2 very few character escapes [I18N-ISSUE-430]

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=28264

            Bug ID: 28264
           Summary: [webvtt] 4.3.2 very few character escapes
                    [I18N-ISSUE-430]
           Product: TextTracks CG
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: PC
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: WebVTT
          Assignee: dave.null@w3.org
          Reporter: silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com
        QA Contact: public-texttracks@w3.org
                CC: philipj@opera.com, silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com

Feedback by Addison Phillips from W3C I18N group:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tt/2015Mar/0063.html

I18N comment: https://www.w3.org/International/track/issues/430

4.3.2 WebVTT cue text
http://www.w3.org/TR/webvtt1/#dfn-webvtt-cue-amp-escape

There are escape sequences defined for six Unicode characters (&, <, >, LRM,
RLM, and NBSP), but not a general purpose escape mechanism for characters. It's
generally recommended that character escapes be provided so that difficult to
enter or edit sequences can be introduced using a plain text editor. E.g.
something like HTML's &#x123AB; syntax.

Escape sequences are particularly useful for invisible or ambiguous Unicode
characters, including zero-width spaces, soft-hyphens, various bidi controls,
mongolian vowel separators, etc.

For advice on use of escapes in markup, but that is mostly generalisable to
other formats, see http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-escapes

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Received on Sunday, 22 March 2015 00:16:17 UTC