Re: [Bug 28255] New: [webvtt] no provision for indicating overall content language(s) [I18N-ISSUE-420]

I am not sure why I hesitate to suggest it, but do we need provision for language in the header of the VTT file?


> On Mar 21, 2015, at 17:01 , bugzilla@jessica.w3.org wrote:
> 
> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=28255
> 
>            Bug ID: 28255
>           Summary: [webvtt] no provision for indicating overall content
>                    language(s) [I18N-ISSUE-420]
>           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/0054.html
> 
> I18N comment:  https://www.w3.org/International/track/issues/420
> 
> This is a comment on:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/webvtt1
> 
> We didn't find a means for indicating the natural language of the content as a
> whole. There is a cue language span, for spanning runs of text, but no way to
> indicate the language of the file as a whole (that is, the language outside a
> spanned section).
> 
> Lack of language tags means that language-specific processing, such as
> language-specific font selection, may not be available for the text, leading to
> substandard presentation.
> 
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David Singer
Manager, Software Standards, Apple Inc.