Re: [SMIL30 CR comment] Editorial bug in SMIL Tiny Section example

Makes sense, and I'm satisfied - thanks for the explanation

Sjoerd Mullender wrote:
> On 2008-02-02 09:19, Philipp Hoschka wrote:
>>
>> In
>>
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/CR-SMIL3-20080115/smil30.html#smil-tiny-profile
>>
>> it says:
>>
>> "In addition, the example uses the clipBegin and clipEnd attributes 
>> from the MediaClipping module and the wallclock from the 
>> WallclockTiming module. These two required modules are declared in the 
>> smil element as defined in the SMIL 3.0 Scalability Framework."
>>
>> Doesn't this mean that these attributes should have namespace prefixes 
>> in the XML example given just above this paragraph?
>>
>> That is for example
>>
>>> 14 <video src="rtsp://videoserver.tvchannel.com/livenews.rm" 
>>  > begin="wallclock(20:00:00)" dur="60:00" title="News">
>>
>> should read begin="Wallclock:wallclock(20:00:00)"
>>
>> and
>>
>>> 20       <video src="./series/coronationAv/chapter20.rm" 
>>> clipBegin="5:00" clipEnd="65:00" title="Coronation Avenue" >
>>
>> should read MediaClipping:clipBegin="5:00"
>>
>>
> 
> Hi Philipp, thank you for your comment.
> 
> One of the Last Call comments that the SYMM working group received was 
> that SMIL uses too many namespaces [1].  The working group resolved the 
> issue  by only using a single namespace [2].  The upshot of this is that 
> all SMIL elements and attributes are in one and the same namespace, 
> whether or not the profile includes a particular module.  The 
> systemRequired test attribute needs a namespace prefix to refer to a 
> feature (module) identifier (in the form of an IRI) so that it can test 
> for the feature's presence.  This means that the module namespace must 
> be declared in the scope of the systemRequired attribute, but it is the 
> only reason for declaring the module namespace.    Once a player knows 
> (by virtue of the systemRequired attribute) that a particular module is 
> included, it does not need any namespaced attribute or attribute value 
> (or element for that matter) to recognize the feature.  In fact, there 
> is no such thing as a module namespace, the namespace syntax is only 
> used to refer to a module identifier.
> 
> I hope you are satisfied with this answer (but please tell us whether or 
> not you are).
> 
> On behalf of the SYMM working group,
> Sjoerd Mullender
> 
> [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-smil/2007JulSep/0060.html
> [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-smil/2007OctDec/0069.html
> 
> PS, David and Xabiel, could you please undo this change in the Tiny 
> Profile?
> 

Received on Thursday, 6 March 2008 16:35:39 UTC