{Minutes} TTWG Meeting 2020-04-16

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   [1]W3C

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                Timed Text Working Group Teleconference

16 April 2020

   [2]Previous meeting. [3]Agenda. [4]IRC log.

      [2] https://www.w3.org/2020/04/09-tt-minutes.html

      [3] https://github.com/w3c/ttwg/issues/107

      [4] https://www.w3.org/2020/04/16-tt-irc


Attendees

   Present
          Andreas, Atsushi, Cyril, Gary, Glenn, Nigel, Pierre

   Regrets
          None

   Chair
          Gary, Nigel

   Scribe
          Cyril, nigel

Contents

    1. [5]this meeting
    2. [6]IMSC1.2
    3. [7]TTML2 2nd Edition Implementation Report - tests
    4. [8]TPAC Planning
    5. [9]Meeting close

Meeting minutes

  this meeting

   nigel: some imsc topics, and TTML2 IR, and tests
   … there is one AOB which is planning for TPAC
   … is there any other business ?
   … I noticed a open PR with a stalled discussion

   [silence]

  IMSC1.2

   nigel: we seem to have a way forward to have the rec link fixed
   on the published spec

   Atsushi: last week we discussed editing the spec
   … but that was invalid
   … the only way is to do in place editing
   … simply editing the HTML not using respec

   nigel: that's ok we just need to make sure in respec that
   future editions will have the correct spec

   nigel: any other thoughts?

   pal: sounds good

   pal: very quickly on IMSC1.2
   … HR still no feedback on 2 PR from the APA?

   nigel: I had an action to ping Michael Cooper
   … he responded to my email saying he'd look at it
   … but so far hasn't

   pal: this is frustrating
   … we were responsive in responding to their comments

   nigel: I had his response on April 8th
   … over a week now

   nigel: the earliest date to advance to PR is the 5th of May
   … but we need a version integrating comments
   … I should nag them
   … this is critical path

   cyril: if it were a non HR comment, we would have closed the
   comment already

   pal: we should include the team in the email thread

  TTML2 2nd Edition Implementation Report - tests

   nigel: we have 2 open PRs
   … those PRs are againts 2 open issues on TTML2 test

   glenn: I just updated PR 252 this morning to add the line
   breaks as you had requested
   … if you are satisfied we can dispatch it

   nigel: I will
   … have a look

   glenn: the other one, I'll run through the issues next day or
  so
   … I need to make a run on the IR document
   … still don't know if anybody is working on actual
   implementation other than BBC on audio

   nigel: as far as audio and BBC, we integrated it to our tests
   and it succeeds
   … it's public and visible so I'll add a link in the IR

   cyril: Netflix will have a very limited report regarding the
   new tests

   glenn: at least we'll have an implementation by the end of
   April

   <nigel> [10]TTML2 Second Edition Implementation Report

     [10] https://www.w3.org/wiki/TimedText/TTML2SecondEditionImplementationReport


   glenn: for all the presentation tests and validation tests
   … I'll have to coordinate with Cyril with what they can provide
   and then see what's missing

   cyril: I suspect we will be missing a second validation
   implementation only

   glenn: correct. previously we had other validation
   implementations, from Pierre and Andreas
   … in this particular set of tests, it's a mixture of
   presentation tests and validation tests
   … 50/50

   nigel: the current IR needs a review because I know some tests
   are missing. There are
   … quite a few, maybe 15 validation tests, and 20-25 invalid, 3
   presentation tests
   … I know more presentation tests need to be added

   nigel: anything else on that agenda topic?

   [silence]

   glenn: there are TTML2 editorial issues (typos)
   … you had a request to make a change to an example
   … I don't like to do it in 2nd edition
   … I'd prefer to delay it to 3rd ed

   nigel: I already did a PR for a typo fix
   … for the other one, I did not understand the concern
   … I suggested changing 2 lines in the example
   … you made a comment that they have been stable since TTML1

   glenn: we are only on record that the only changes that we
   would do are typo changes
   … this is not
   … this is not a WR or HR either

   nigel: I would consider it WR as it is completely editorial
   … not a big deal, but clearly caused confusion

   glenn: it wasn't part of the review before CR

   nigel: I just received the feedback
   … I'll continue to prepare the change regardless of when we
   merge it
   … people were taking the example in the introduction as a good
   practice for positioning
   … it seemed to me that it was worthwhile to address that
   feedback

   glenn: you said that if you have a body that specifies a region
   and an children with another region, some content would
   disappear

   nigel: yes, it gets pruned
   … we had a long discussion in the past and concluded that

   glenn: hmm... I believe you are right

   nigel: that's why I think it's a bad example

   glenn: it's not applicable to the actual example
   … that could be resolved by adding a note to the example

   nigel: why not

   glenn: I would be amenable to adding a note now

   nigel: let me have a look

   glenn: I just don't want to change the example

  TPAC Planning

   nigel: you might have seen TTWG issue 112
   … staff have sent chairs a link to a survey
   … as usual
   … obviously this year is weird
   … not clear we will have a physical meeting
   … they have added questions about a virtual meeting
   … not sure the best way is to have the discussion now
   … so please have a look

   <nigel> github: [11]https://github.com/w3c/ttwg/issues/112


     [11] https://github.com/w3c/ttwg/issues/112


   nigel: the virtual meeting questions are
   … general attitude towards having it (too complicated, ...)

   Atsushi: W3C opened several pages of notes for operations under
   the current situation

   <nigel> [12]Continuity of Operations under Travel Restrictions

     [12] https://www.w3.org/Guide/meetings/continuity.html


   Atsushi: for this past one month, there were several F2F 3-4
   meetings per day over 1 week
   … short meetings is considered an alternative meeting for
   offline TPAC
   … it might be possible to have TPAC over several weeks
   … there are several discussions, no solid decision to have
   online or offline

   pal: I want to echo that trying to recreate TPAC virtually is a
   fool's errands

   <atsushi> [13]continuity of operations under travel
   restrictions

     [13] https://w3c.github.io/Guide/meetings/continuity.html


   pal: virtual meetings have to be planned differently
   … on the other hands, having a time and place to bring together
   multiple threads is very valuable
   … on many weeks or one week
   … is a good idea

   <atsushi> [14]web payments WG virtual F2F March 2020

     [14] https://github.com/w3c/webpayments/wiki/FTF-Mar2020


   cyril: ISO has proposed 3 meetings a day over a concentrated 1
   week period,
   … at something like 0500, 1000 and 2000 UTC time.
   … I think we should avoid trying to do something like that.
   … We should focus a virtual TPAC on joint meetings only

   Andreas: I agree. It's worthwhile thinking about the goals of
   TPAC and trying to
   … achieve the same goals virtually in whatever form.
   … It's a good opportunity to say that what is special about
   TPAC is not WG meetings,
   … but joint meetings, because every group is organised in the
   same place.
   … It would not be a good idea to meet maybe over several weeks,
   rather over one week in fixed time zones over 2-3
   … hours, with short WG meetings for preparation and
   post-joint-meeting discussions.
   … It will be good to wait until the May AC meeting experience,
   which will also be virtual.

   Pierre: I wanted to echo what Cyril says.
   … It should be focused on joint work and I don't think that
   individual groups should
   … be encouraged to meet. My observation is that virtual
   meetings can be more efficient
   … but require a lot more pre-planning.

   Pierre: When meeting face to face sometimes people take
   shortcuts, and it is easier
   … to have side conversations. Maybe people feel they've set
   aside the time so they can
   … fill it more flexibly. It's hard to tell.
   … I like the idea of a TPAC where common threads are brought
   together but please
   … let's not schedule WG meetings during that week.

   <Zakim> info, you wanted to comment on AC 2020 May

   Atsushi: Just for info about the AC meeting next month.
   … It is quite different from WG discussions so W3C will provide
   pre-recorded videos
   … for talks over 9-10 hours and try to have 90 minute
   conversations, two times.
   … That's how virtual AC 2020 will be organised.
   … It's quite a different set of conditions from our WG meeting.

   Nigel: Would it be a good idea to try to simulate
   side-conversations?

   Pierre: If anyone can crack that it would be great progress for
   humanity in general!
   … If there's a way to solve it that would be great. Current
   platforms make it really
   … hard to have those conversations.
   … Those side conversations only happen during meetings, and it
   isn't facilitated in breaks etc.
   … If any org can do it, W3C can!
   … It is the missing thing from virtual meetings.
   … People work around it somehow. Maybe it can be integrated in
   meeting planning.
   … That's a stretch goal. It is possible to plan TPAC as a
   virtual meeting, but will require
   … more planning than usual.

   Nigel: Another question is on the duration and timezone. A
   single TPAC timezone,
   … or using only a small part of the working day that works best
   globally?

   Pierre: I would be pragmatic here for a big plenary. For joint
   meetings, base it entirely
   … on the membership, and who can attend and where they are.
   … Picking a single time zone is not pragmatic. It is simple
   conceptually but makes nobody
   … happy other than the people in that timezone. I don't like
   that solution at all.

   Glenn: Was there a location originally planned?

   Nigel: Vancouver

   Pierre: I'd love it in Vancouver's time zone but I think it's a
   terrible idea.
   … For individual group meetings I would base it entirely on the
   attendees.

   Nigel: We are out of time for today and we covered a lot, but
   we may need to come back to canvas
   … opinions on some of the questions we haven't tackled.

   Gary: One idea for the side conversation is time scheduled for
   a Webex where anyone
   … can join, regardless of group, especially if we are doing the
   remote thing.
   … Some people may still have travel restrictions in place.

   SUMMARY: Initial discussion: don't try to reproduce TPAC
   virtually, focus on the joint meetings and main benefits of
   cross-fertilisation of ideas and groups.

  Meeting close

   Nigel: Thanks everyone, we're out of time for today. [adjourns
   meeting]


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