Re: SMIL techniques ... worth obsoleting?

I vaguely remember a conversation about obsoleting the SMIL techniques a few months ago. I can’t find the conversation now, but it was pointed out that SMIL is used in ePub documents – for example: https://www.w3.org/TR/epub/

I’ve asked 2-3 times if anyone who understands SMIL could help update the techniques, but no one came forward.

Francis

From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
Date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 01:31
To: WCAG 2.x issues list (public-wcag2-issues@w3.org) <public-wcag2-issues@w3.org>
Subject: SMIL techniques ... worth obsoleting?
Following on from a conversation on an accessibility Slack today ...
pondering if all the SMIL techniques
https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Techniques/#smil are still actually
relevant? Are there actual media players for use in web content that use
SMIL?

I remember doing one piece of SMIL back in the early 2000s, and back
then it only worked in QuickTime player (the standalone one, not any
embedded version of it). Is there any modern-day use of SMIL that is
relevant? I *think* the technology may still be supported in specialised
environments like POS/kiosk/digital signage, but admittedly I'm not
overly familiar with those, and wonder if for the average web developer
it may not be better to just deprecate/obsolete/hide these techniques,
as they're just causing more confusion (i.e. "ok, this technique points
back to the SMIL spec...but how do I actually use it?")

P
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