Re: [SMIL30 LC comment] 7. SMIL 3.0 Media Object ( LC-1795)

 Dear Dr. Olaf Hoffmann ,

The SYMM Working Group has reviewed the comments you sent [1] on the Last
Call Working Draft [2] of the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
(SMIL 3.0) published on 13 Jul 2007. Thank you for having taken the time to
review the document and to send us comments!

The Working Group's response to your comment is included below.

Please review it carefully and let us know by email at www-smil@w3.org if
you agree with it or not before 02 nov 2007. In case of disagreement, you
are requested to provide a specific solution for or a path to a consensus
with the Working Group. If such a consensus cannot be achieved, you will
be given the opportunity to raise a formal objection which will then be
reviewed by the Director during the transition of this document to the
next stage in the W3C Recommendation Track.

Thanks,

For the SYMM Working Group,
Thierry Michel
W3C Staff Contact

 1. http://www.w3.org/mid/200708041716.09399.Dr.O.Hoffmann@gmx.de
 2. http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-SMIL3-20070713/


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Your comment on 7. SMIL 3.0 Media Object:
> Hello SMIL working group,
> 
> some comments of minor 
> importance on chapter 7:
> 
> 
> 7.4.1
> 
> 
> 
> 'a URI'
> 
> and
> 
> 'a URL'
> 
> 
> In general: URI, URL or IRI?
> 
> 
> ---------
> 
> 7.5.2 and 7.5.3
> 
> 'id
> This attribute specifies the ID by which the param group 
> is referenced in a media object reference.'
> 
> 'The value is a single IDREF that refers to the ID...'
> 
> -> reference or define meaning of 'ID', 'IDREF'...
> 
> 
> --------------
> 7.6.2
> 
> 'Example:'
> 
> - shouldn't this word be in the following box?
>   Else the word is indicated as normative, but the
>   example itself is informative ;o)
>   
> - reference or define  the elements par, seq 
>   not define or explained before ...
> 
> 
>  ------------------
>  7.9.1
>  
> 
>  example really normative or only informative?
>    
>  
>  ------------------
>  7.11.1  
>  
>  'alt may be displayed in addition to the media, or instead of 
>  media when the user has configured the user agent to not 
>  display the given media type.'
>  
>  -> The name of the attribute and the meaning of the attribute
>  with the same name in (X)HTML suggests, that it is only used
>  alternatively, not additionally. Is it really required to deviate
>  from this established behaviour?
>  
>  'It  is strongly recommended that all media object elements have 
>  an "alt" attribute with a brief, meaningful description. Authoring 
>  tools should ensure that no element can be introduced into a SMIL 
>  document without this attribute.'
>  
>  'The title attribute as defined in the SMIL Structure module. 
>  It is strongly recommended that all media object elements 
>  have a title attribute with a brief, meaningful description.'
>  
>  -> Why do most examples have no alt and title attributes on all media
> 
>  objects in the draft, if the draft itself strongly recommends, that
> there
>  should be such attributes with a brief, meaningful description?
>  This gives the impression, that the example are either all low
>  quality or the authors of the example do not care about
>  'strongly recommended' behaviour ;o)
> 
>  Having short fragmentational examples with something like 
>  <video src="example.ogg" .../> is ok - everyone will assume, 
>  that '...' includes alt or title, but
>  there are many more exhaustive examples (without '...') and without 
>  alt or title in the draft... why if it is strongly recommended to use
> them?
>  
>  -> example really normative or only informative?


Working Group Resolution (LC-1795):
7.4.1

The Working Group agrees that using IRIs instead of URIs is a good thing
and has resolved to adopt the proposal.

We will add a (normative) note that the term URI needs to be read as IRI
throughout the specification.

7.5.2 and 7.5.3
We will add a reference to the meaning of 'ID', 'IDREF'..

7.6.2

We will move the word 'Example:'  into the informative section.

 7.8.1
  example will be marked as "informative section"

7.11.1  

In general examples try to focus on the attributes of the context of the
spec, to avoid overload of information and ease understanding by readers.
We will add "alt" and "title" to some examples and may use "..." when
these attributes (or other necessary attributes) are missing.

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Received on Tuesday, 30 October 2007 14:49:11 UTC