Re: Synchronized Multimedia homepage content

Hey Thierry,

I dug up the W3C link checker if anyone wants an automated look at what's
broken/changed:

http://validator.w3.org/checklink?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FAudioVideo%2F&hide_type=all&depth=&check=Check

I've got a script that munges the results into a more palatable output form,
which i will post as soon as i get it ready.

Are there particular things to do that would be helpful/useful?

Cheers,

-Ted


On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Thierry MICHEL <tmichel@w3.org> wrote:

> Ted,
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> I agree that the SMIL homepage is out of date and needs some updates.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).
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> 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.
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>  Han wrote:
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>> Hey folks,
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>> Does anyone know why the SMIL homepage is so hopelessly out of date?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  There are quite a number of dead links and outdated material cluttering up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.
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>> 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).
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>> 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.
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>> 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)!
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>> Cheers,
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>> -Ted Han
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>> (P.S. if help is needed to clean up the page, i certainly could spare some
>> time to save others aggravation.)
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