Metadata sources for SMIL 1.0

The first column of the table lists the elements and the second the attributes that may contain metadata sources relevant to UA.
Elements Attributes
Meta element:
  • meta
name

content

title

Media object elements:
  • ref
  • animation
  • audio
  • img
  • text
  • textstream
  • video
alt

longdesc

title

author

abstract

type

test-attributes?

(strictly these are not metadata about the elements but about user preferences and selection of elements)

  • system-bitrate
  • system-captions
  • system-language
  • system-overdub-or-caption
  • system-screen-size
  • system-screen-depth
Linking related elements
  • a
  • anchor
title
Layout element
  • layout
title

type

Region element
  • region
title

background-color

Synchronization related elements
  • par
  • seq
abstract

author

title

test-attributes? (see comment earlier)

Any other remaining elements
  • switch
  • etc.
title

This issue is related to the following discussion:

Agenda 7) Issue 72

http://cmos-eng.rehab.uiuc.edu/ua-issues/issues-linear.html#72

What should UAs do with metadata? (Asked for by WCAG 1.0).

IJ: Broad issue: might be keywords, supplemental info, doc relationships, natural language, navigation bar, Dublin Core, etc.

JG: Lynx, Amaya use LINK.

Action CMN:

Talk to Dan Brickley about document structure and site mapping. Will send a list of tools that make use of this information.

GR: Another issue that keeps popping up for me in the guidelines: a lot say "If this happens, do this." Metadata one framework for this.

CMN: For list of links, metadata is the long way around.

JG: We need to have a list of metadata elements and attributes in HTML, SMIL, also schemas. Perhaps add checkpoints related to that which we don't already cover.

(Source means element and attribute).

Action Marja:

Compose list of metadata sources for SMIL.

Action IJ:

Compose list of metadata sources for HTML.

Action JA:

Compose list of metadata sources for CSS. (e.g., generated text)

Action CMN:

Propose something about schemas.

Deadline two weeks.