Re: Synchronized Multimedia homepage content

Ted,

I agree that the SMIL homepage is out of date and needs some updates.
Unfortunately the dead links is caused by people breaking URLs (URLs 
don't break themselves).

Not that the SYMM WG is granted a charter extension until Nov 2010, we 
will do our best to revise this page, but we definitively lack human 
resources, and your help would be appreciated.

Thierry.









  Han wrote:
> Hey folks,
> 
> Does anyone know why the SMIL homepage is so hopelessly out of date? 
>  There are quite a number of dead links and outdated material cluttering 
> up the homepage, and i was curious if anyone was either aware of where 
> the content has moved to, or whether it has all simply disappeared into 
> the aether.
> 
> In particular, nearly all of the links to Real networks' info on SMIL 
> are dead or redirect, Oratrix seems to have disappeared from the 
> internet, and the only update the working group has put out in a year 
> seems to be another charter extension until Nov 2010 (although none of 
> the news reflects that).
> 
> As an end user of the SMIL specification (and other open w3c specs) i 
> find it rather frustrating that the materials surrounding SMIL seem to 
> lack any attention or maintenance.  It's been quite an endeavor to track 
> down information regarding how SMIL is currently being used, and who is 
> or has been using it.
> 
> I apologize if i am being overly critical, SMIL is a standard important 
> to the company i work for, and important to me as an open standard.  I 
> quite like the model that SMIL has developed, which is why i'm 
> frustrated that the outreach/evangelism effort seems to be so weak! 
>  Keep up the good work (and hopefully there will be more)!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -Ted Han
> 
> (P.S. if help is needed to clean up the page, i certainly could spare 
> some time to save others aggravation.)

Received on Monday, 4 January 2010 19:55:47 UTC