Temporal Functions in HTML5?

Does anyone find anything in the HTML5 documentation that addresses temporal issues?

Examples would be:
*       A time reference (absolute and/or relative,)
*       Time-related cues and/or scripting,
*       A clock selection capability,
*       Independent clock functions (e.g. a clock instance just for an app or HTML5 based experience, with start/stop/reset/set capabilities,) timing parameters within tags, time driven push functions, bidirectional event timing functions (logging time between inbound and outbound events,)
*       Etc.,
*       Anything that addressing timing in a multi-device, multi-app, multi-user experience framework.

I could easily have missed these or they may be buried in some other functionality and not obvious to me.

Supporting functions might include inter-object/inter-event/inter-device messaging and WebRTC interactive functions.

Existing functionality which could use this includes Closed Captioning and playlist execution but these are just the tip of the tip of the iceberg compared to the potential emerging applications, like multi-device, multi-user, multi-location user experiences, VR, AR, etc.


Thanks!
-Paul

Paul Gausman, Multimedia Service Architect
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AT&T Applications and Services Infrastructure
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Received on Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:26:21 UTC