{Minutes} TTWG Meeting 2022-03-03

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   [1]W3C

      [1] https://www.w3.org/


                Timed Text Working Group Teleconference

03 March 2022

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

      [2] https://www.w3.org/2022/02/17-tt-minutes.html

      [3] https://github.com/w3c/ttwg/issues/211

      [4] https://www.w3.org/2022/03/03-tt-irc


Attendees

   Present
          Andreas, Atsushi, Cyril, Nigel, Pierre, Xabier

   Regrets
          -

   Chair
          Gary, Nigel

   Scribe
          nigel

Contents

    1. [5]This meeting
    2. [6]IMSC HRM issues and pull requests
    3. [7]Rechartering status update
    4. [8]TPAC Survey
    5. [9]DST switch
    6. [10]Meeting Close

Meeting minutes

   <cyril> hi everyone. I'm attending a conference at the same
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   <cyril> first conference in 2 years! Mile High Video 2022

   <cyril> Denver

  This meeting

   Nigel: No regrets received today.
   … Today we have:
   … IMSC HRM issues
   … Rechartering status update
   … TPAC survey
   … DST switch
   … AOB - is there any other business?

   No AOB

  IMSC HRM issues and pull requests

   Nigel: We have several HRM PRs open, between 10 and 13 days
   old.
   … Some need a review.
   … Quick reminder that opening a PR is considered a CfC, and we
   leave them at least 10 working days, 2 weeks in practice,
   … to allow for review time, and for this repo, when they are
   merged they trigger republication of the WD on /TR.

   Pierre: I accidentally deleted a review from Addison on #45.

   Nigel: I think that is approved in reality - adding a note to
   the ticket.

   Pierre: We need a review on #44.

   Nigel: That needs Addison or i18n input.

   Pierre: Yes, I don't expect any controversy but it would be
   good to get the input.

   Nigel: I just added the i18n-tracker label to it to get their
   attention.

   Atsushi: That will cause an accompanying issue to be created in
   the HR repository

   Nigel: I think I've addressed the review comments on #42,
   earlier today.

   Pierre: Really minor, we can talk about it.
   … The issue is do we need to create terms and definition
   entries when the term is exactly what is
   … used in another document. I see pluses and minuses.
   … The minus is you get a terms section like IMSC where they all
   point you to another spec.
   … But I also take the point that an inline definition goes
   directly to the referenced doc, which might be jarring.
   … We should be consistent.
   … So far I went down the path of not defining terms that are
   already defined in other docs.
   … Strictly from an editorial standpoint I'd rather continue
   down that path, in this ticket,
   … and we could have another ticket for dedicated entries.

   Nigel: [clarifies point about clicking on terms and definitions
   to find out where they're used]

   Pierre: Oh I see what you mean. My request is not to do that
   here, and if we want to
   … change tack, do it across the whole spec as an editorial
   pass.

   Nigel: OK

   Pierre: Then I will create terms and definitions for all of
   them.

   Nigel: OK I'll do that, and raise the issue.

   Pierre: Thank you.
   … Just one more thing on this pull request.
   … Much stronger opinion - you point out that Respec
   automagically knows about some terms, like grapheme.
   … I don't like relying on that for terms that are important, so
   we should make the link explicit.
   … The document should not depend on some weird magic to
   determine where terms are defined.

   Nigel: Right, because Respec's hidden mapping could change one
   day?

   Pierre: Yes, we've been caught by that before though it's less
   of a problem.
   … Once we're done with that then I can complete the
   introduction #42.
   … You had a question about the two places where code points are
   used.

   Nigel: Yes, we have gone round a loop here where we changed
   "character" to "code point" and
   … then defined "character", but GCpy and Ren are currently
   saying "code point" - should we change it back to "character".

   Pierre: I see what you're saying, let's see.
   … We say that a Glyph is one character. I think you're right we
   should revert that.

   Nigel: Great, thank you, I'll do that.
   … The user customisation PR is approved, thank you Andreas. One
   day to go on that one.
   … Looking at #40 I think I addressed your comments Pierre, if
   you want to take a look.

   Pierre: Sorry about that. You addressed all the comments?

   Nigel: I believe so.
   … I think that's all the open PRs.
   … The reason we went round this loop is to head off obvious
   problems that could come back
   … if we request Wide Review. I think there are no other issues
   that urgently needed tackling.
   … I think we decided all the other issues would be tackled by
   … changes to explain better.

   Pierre: Yes. The only one is #37 where Addison suggests calling
   on rendering experts, and mentions someone,
   … but we never heard back.

   Nigel: Ah yes, I recall.
   … For that one, we don't know what action to take just yet.

   Pierre: Exactly, yes.

   Nigel: So we leave that open during Wide Review.
   … We could call it out for review comments, but I think that's
   probably not needed.
   … So in the next few days we should have got this all done.
   … One question for me: with auto publishing, what happens if we
   merge more than one PR on the same day?

   Atsushi: The latest one will win.
   … Assuming they all pass pub tests
   … I will get notified from echidna if any of them fails.
   … I'm dealing with around 10 specs doing this in other groups.

   Nigel: Ok, any more on IMSC HRM?

   Nothing more

  Rechartering status update

   Nigel: The AC review is open.
   … We have one request for a change,
   … and currently one formal objection unless a change is made to
   our success criteria,
   … and the change requested is to revert to 2 independent
   implementations.
   … I have contacted the objector, to see if the request for a
   change would satisfy them,
   … but have not had a response yet.
   … You might have noticed there is a PR open on the draft
   charter:
   … Pull request on charter: [11]https://github.com/w3c/

   charter-timed-text/pull/75
   … That introduced the word "independent" and I don't think it's
   controversial.

     [11] https://github.com/w3c/charter-timed-text/pull/75


   Atsushi: Please everyone ask your AC reps to vote on this.
   … It is highly encouraged that every AC rep for a participant
   of this WG answers.
   … If someone does not answer then we need to gather comments
   from them individually.

   Nigel: Is that for the team?

   Atsushi: Yes, I need to do it. If they have not all answered
   then it may put approval at risk.
   … So please ask your AC rep!

   Andreas: Is there anything special with invited experts?

   Atsushi: No, not for invited experts, but for members.

   Nigel: At the moment all of the responses are from people who
   do not typically participate.
   … The survey has 20 more days to run, until 2022-03-23.

   Atsushi: I have a 3rd Covid vaccination planned for around that
   time, so it might take me out for a few days -
   … it did last time. So please don't leave it to the end of the
   period!

   Nigel: Ok to minute that?

   Atsushi: Fine to minute it.

   Nigel: Anything else on this topic?

   Pierre: Nigel, I've also reached out to the objector asking
   them if their objection was on principle or
   … targeted to all of the work products, or specific ones, and I
   have not heard back.

   Nigel: Interesting.

   Pierre: Not sure why they're not being responsive after filing
   an objection.

   Nigel: Thanks for that.

   Gary: It's only been a week since we reached out to the
   objector, so it is not unreasonable that they have not replied
   yet.

  TPAC Survey

   Nigel: Chairs have been asked to fill in an informative survey
   to help guide decisions about what to do at TPAC,
   … which will be followed up by another more definite survey in
   May.

   Nigel: It's impossible to know what lies in the future, of
   course, but please respond as positively as you can,

   Pierre: Will we have an agenda?

   Nigel: Please respond assuming we do have an agenda.

   Andreas: I echo the question from Pierre - how important is it
   to have a face to face meeting.

   Nigel: Yes, when we have discussed in the past, it's clear that
   members
   … value cross-fertilisation and meeting people from other
   groups.
   … In the case of this TPAC, I think it may be one where people
   want to be present in person
   … to discuss the future of W3C itself, if it has not all been
   sorted out by then, because there
   … are things going on with the hosts, and a move to a new legal
   entity, that may need some decisions.

   Andreas: What about the agenda for this WG though - what do you
   think would be on the agenda?

   Nigel: Obviously I can't be certain, but I think there may well
   be substantive discussions to be had about the Dubbing and AD
   work,
   … and even potentially the IMSC HRM. Those are just from what
   we're working on now.
   … September seems like a long way away, but experience shows we
   often end up discussing things we started thinking about
   … around Feb/March.
   … I don't discount there may be other things as well.

   Andreas: I think that makes sense.

   Pierre: Looking at your email, and thanks for highlighting it,
   … I think I missed it because it says "Chair's survey" and I'm
   not a Chair, so thanks.
   … Specifically, looking at the questions,
   … "if you're group is somewhat likely to hold a meeting",
   … I don't think TTWG will have enough agenda items to meet at
   TPAC.
   … If I were to answer your survey today, I don't see a reason
   for TTWG to hold a meeting in person.

   Nigel: Ok, that isn't actually the question I asked though!

   Atsushi: There are questions about hybrid meetings too.

   [12]Chair's survey request email

     [12] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tt/2022Feb/0002.html


   Atsushi: I am not sure if I will go to Vancouver.
   … It is somehow a daft question to Chairs if they can schedule
   an online meeting.
   … I don't believe it is so important to fill in at this moment.

   Nigel: We were asked to complete this, and asked again earlier
   this week.

   Pierre: The question needs an "it depends" option!

   Atsushi: W3C staff need to decide whether to book offline
   meeting equipment, so this is information for decisions.
   … I believe it should be fine to say "it depends on the
   situation"

   Nigel: It's not one of the options!
   … Everyone knows things can change at quite short notice, I'm
   just trying to help the team with the questions they've asked.
   … I can't make these answers up myself!

   Pierre: Can you abstain?

   Nigel: I could not answer, but that would be unhelpful.
   … I get this is answering an impossible question, but do please
   try to answer.

  DST switch

   Nigel: Clocks go forward Sunday 13 March in US and Canada.
   … Clocks go forward Sunday 27 March in Europe.
   … Clocks go backward 3rd April in Australia and New Zealand.
   … Clocks do not change in Russia, China and Japan.

   Pierre: I have a meeting after this one that will stay fixed to
   European / US time

   Nigel: What will they do on 17th March?

   Gary: Easy thing is to skip it!

   Andreas: Can we do the last thing as we did last year, whatever
   it was?

   Pierre: +1

   Gary: You expect us to remember that?

   Andreas: It's all documented!

   Atsushi: I'm fine for both options.
   … My i18n meeting will follow UK DST

   Nigel: In that case I propose that we do the same, so the
   meeting will be 1 hour later than normal on 17th March in US
   and Canada.

   Atsushi: I will follow your decision.

   Gary: Sounds fine to me.
   … Just figure out what time the most folks can join.

   Nigel: OK, it's one week, let's switch based on DST on 31st
   March and thereafter.

  Meeting Close

   Nigel: Apologies we're 3 minutes over, let's adjourn. [adjourns
   meeting]


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