Re: Synchronized Multimedia homepage content

Ted Han wrote:
> 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 
> <http://validator.w3.org/checklink?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FAudioVideo%2F&hide_type=all&depth=&check=Check>
> 
Thanks for pointing to the W3C validator ;-)



> 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?

If you have the proper links for the broken links that would be useful.

Cheers,
Thierry.













> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -Ted
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Thierry MICHEL <tmichel@w3.org 
> <mailto:tmichel@w3.org>> wrote:
> 
>     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     I agree that the SMIL homepage is out of date and needs some updates.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.
> 
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>      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  There are quite a number of dead links and outdated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 Wednesday, 6 January 2010 08:45:12 UTC