Re: Music Notation on the Web

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Tom White (MMA) <lists@midi.org> wrote:
> Roger,
>
> I’m sorry – I didn’t really mean that all I care about is pitch and
> rhythms.  Music notation carries a ton of other stuff too.  However, it’s
> not clear to me that subtleties like the exact positioning of a crescendo
> wedge are necessary.  I agree that there is meaning in that positioning, but
> my instinct is that’s going “too far” for a Web display technique.
>
> Maybe it would help if we got specific about what you are interested in and
> what not. Obviously you are interested in all of the performance
> instructions (note values and pitches, key, tempo and volume markings,
> etc.).... is it only the position (placement on the page) of the
> instructions that you do not care about?
>
> Descriptions of problems you had with specific products may not be the best
> way to describe your concerns... I think that may tend to lead people think
> your concern is limited to some specific implementation. Or is that actually
> the case?

FWIW, my reading was that any vagueness in Roger's request was because
this thread isn't about his personal or project needs, but also an
outcome of discussions in the hallways at W3C about possible gap in
the standards landscape.

cheers,

Dan

Received on Monday, 13 December 2010 18:03:27 UTC