Re: Call for Consensus to publish WebVTT as a Candidate Recommendation



On 02/04/2018, 11:59, "Silvia Pfeiffer" <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 8:13 PM, Nigel Megitt <nigel.megitt@bbc.co.uk>
>wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 30/03/2018, 20:47, "Silvia Pfeiffer" <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>David jumped the gun with his email a little - Thierry and I first
>>>needed to land that pull request.
>>>
>>>You can find the proper link at
>>>https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/w3c/webvtt/blob/gh-pag

>>>es
>>>/archives/2018-04-15/Overview.html
>>>.
>>
>> The links to Changes from FPWD WebVTT and to Diff from previous Working
>> Draft WebVTT are raw html, so following them from here takes you to the
>> HTML source. Is the idea that the webmaster will tidy this up and host
>>and
>> serve them from /TR, or that they will be served from somewhere else and
>> linked?
>
>
>No, that's just what the htmlpreview service does. The links in the
>source document are relative to the path that the Overview file is in
>and will be found when moved to TR without having to change anything.

I see, thank you!

>
>Regards,
>Silvia.
>
>
>>
>> kind regards,
>>
>> Nigel
>>
>>
>>>
>>>Kind Regards,
>>>Silvia.
>>>
>>>
>>>On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 3:43 AM, David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote:
>>>> Thierry wrote the status of this document, not me.
>>>>
>>>> I think he also has a better URL for it, but I can¹t find it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 30, 2018, at 9:23 , Pierre-Anthony Lemieux <pal@sandflow.com>
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi David et al.,
>>>>>
>>>>> This document is not hosted on the W3C github repo? Why not simply
>>>>> create a CR branch at https://github.com/w3c/webvtt ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, the following paragraph should be removed since this
>>>>> specification is managed by TTWG exclusively at this point -- the CG
>>>>> has no control over it.
>>>>
>>>> No formal control, indeed, but we are trying (and so far succeeding)
>>>>to
>>>>avoid forks and differences, so I prefer to keep the paragraph.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> """Work on this specification is being undertaken both in the Web
>>>>> Media Text Tracks Community Group as well as in the W3C Timed Text
>>>>> Working Group. The latter group works towards a W3C Recommendation
>>>>>for
>>>>> reference purposes with interoperability requirements, while the
>>>>> former is a Draft Community Group Report that continues to evolve."""
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Pierre
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 9:16 AM, David Singer <singer@apple.com>
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>> [sending again as plain text in case the HTML format was hiding a
>>>>>>spurious link]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> following this week's call giving conceptual approval pending the
>>>>>>preparation of the CR document, and the preparation by Thierry and
>>>>>>Silvia of the CR draft at
>>>>>><https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/silviapfeiffer/web

>>>>>>vt
>>>>>>t-spec/blob/f8da4f27205ed2c11b7dedbf46d91b363eaafe9b/archives/2018-04
>>>>>>-1
>>>>>>5/Overview.html> is now ready for us to request transition to
>>>>>>Candidate Recommendation: I think that the obvious typo in ³Diff from
>>>>>>previous² has been or will imminently be fixed. This email is a call
>>>>>>for consensus to make the transition based on this version of the
>>>>>>document; barring any objections within the WG's Decision Policy
>>>>>>period of 10 working days as defined in the Charter, I will ask for
>>>>>>this transition request to be made.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (Thierry/Silvia, if there is a better link, let us know)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For transition request purposes, assuming no objections, I will
>>>>>>record this as a resolution in the minutes of the next call.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please review the document and if possible confirm that you agree
>>>>>>with this resolution; silence will be taken as acceptance, but an
>>>>>>explicit approval would be much appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you spot any problems please raise issues as normal on the GitHub
>>>>>>repository. We can make minor editorial fixes such as typo fixes any
>>>>>>time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks to everyone who contributed to the push to get to this state
>>>>>>over the last few months: this represents a lot of hard work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> kind regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> David
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David Singer
>>>> Manager, Software Standards, Apple Inc.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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