Re: Planning to close Web Media Text Tracks Community Group due to inactivity unless we hear from you

I've definitely referenced to that spec when discussing how to implement
608 and 708 captions on web players like Video.js and Shaka Player.

Also, I just found it referenced in the WebKit source:
https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/blob/91d4b5d737cc40b8e253d6e7b95cca5c6d6c6a7f/Source/WebCore/html/track/VTTRegion.cpp#L51-L52

It's been brought up at the TTWG as something the TTWG could take and make
into an official specification, but no one has had the time or energy to
pick it up.

Thanks,
Gary.

On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 5:14 PM Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
wrote:

> That's a call out to others in the group to speak up please!
>
> On Wed, 30 Oct 2024, 5:31 am Ian Jacobs, <ij@w3.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the update, Sylvia. Can you say more about who is using the
>> specification?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> IAn
>>
>> > On Oct 28, 2024, at 2:15 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi there,
>> >
>> > Most of the work of this group has moved to the the Timed Text Working
>> Group by now, particularly the development of the WebVTT standard.
>> >
>> > This group was working on publishing a specification at
>> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/text-tracks/raw-file/default/608toVTT/608toVTT.html
>> which hasn't seen any recent improvements but it's being used in practice.
>> It's unclear who will continue its development.
>> >
>> > The group had lacked leadership in recent years.
>> >
>> > Kind regards,
>> > Silvia.
>> >
>> > On Tue, 29 Oct 2024, 4:58 am Team Community Process, <
>> team-community-process@w3.org> wrote:
>> > Dear participants in the
>> >
>> >    Web Media Text Tracks Community Group
>> >    https://www.w3.org/community/texttracks/
>> >
>> > Your Community Group appears to have become inactive (per [1]).
>> >
>> > If your group is in fact active, we ask that you respond to this email
>> > with answers to these two questions:
>> >
>> > * Is your group publishing any Specifications?
>> > * What is the group's expectation about future standardization of
>> >   those Specifications at W3C or at some other standards body?
>> >
>> > We also recommend the following:
>> >
>> > * Let us know where the activity is going on so that we can update our
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>> >
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>> >
>> > If you would like us to keep the group open because you expect it to
>> > become active in the near future or for other compelling reasons, just
>> > let us know.
>> >
>> > If you would like to schedule a call to discuss the current status of
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>> >
>> > If would like us to close the group, or if we do not hear from you in
>> > the next 30 days, we will plan to close the group.
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> >
>> > CG/BG System
>> >
>> > [1] https://www.w3.org/community/about/faq/#close-inactive
>> >
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