Re: Call for Consensus for transferring ownership of the WebVTT spec to be wholly owned by the TTWG

According to the Website: https://www.w3.org/groups/cg/timed-text/

"The Timed Text Community Group was closed on 7 April 2023."

So I'm not quite sure why there's concert or effort spent on this. :-)

Cheers,
Silvia.


On Sat, Mar 14, 2026 at 8:38 AM Gary Katsevman <me@gkatsev.com> wrote:

> Hi Silvia,
>
> Yes, I believe it's effectively owned by the TTWG, but this serves as a
> chance to formalize the ownership transfer. I'm not sure that the TTCG is
> active anymore, and there was a separate question on whether the TTCG
> should be shut down, due to inactivity, in the TTWG call yesterday.
>
> Thanks,
> Gary.
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 5:27 PM Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Gary,
>>
>> It's effectively been owned by TTWG already, hasn't it?
>> What would be the difference?
>>
>> Are there any contributors left that are just on the TT Community Group?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Silvia.
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 14, 2026 at 8:07 AM Gary Katsevman <me@gkatsev.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> As discussed during yesterday's TTWG call, I'm sending out a Call for
>>> Consensus based on the proposal:
>>>
>>> Proposal: Transfer ownership of the WebVTT specification to be wholly
>>> owned by the Timed Text Working Group rather than jointly owned with the
>>> Text Track Community Group.
>>>
>>> This will simplify maintenance of the spec a bit particularly as we look
>>> towards updating it to a Candidate Recommendation Snapshot and ultimately a
>>> Technical Recommendation.
>>>
>>> Please indicate your position by replying to this message (either to all
>>> or directly to me).
>>>
>>> The review period for this CfC ends on Friday, April 10th, to allow a
>>> bit more time for this.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Gary.
>>>
>>>