Re: LC comment about API for Media Resource related to HTML5

I'm sorry for our delay in getting a response back to the Media
Annotations WG about this. I am discussing it with the chairs and
we make sure we get back to you with a response by the end of this
week.

  --Mike

Thierry MICHEL <tmichel@w3.org>, 2010-09-21 14:48 +0200:

> Dear HTML chairs,
> 
> Could you please acknowledge our previous email.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Thierry michel
> Staff contact for the MAWG
> 
> 
> 
> Le 13/09/2010 19:00, Thierry MICHEL a écrit :
> >Hi,
> >
> >The Media Annotations WG is currently discussing/responding to its LC
> >comments.
> >
> >We have send on 01 Jun 2010 a schedule, and asked the HTML WG if it
> >would fit your agenda. No response, which we interpret as "our schedule
> >is fine" ;-)
> >
> >Then on 09 Jun 2010, we have sent the official Last Call Working Draft
> >transition announcement [2] for the following two Recommendation Track
> >specifications:
> >
> >* API for Media Resource 1.0
> >http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-mediaont-api-1.0-20100608
> >
> >* Ontology for Media Resource 1.0
> >http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-mediaont-10-20100608
> >
> >The Last Call period for these documents ended on July 11, 2010.
> >
> >We haven't received your review from the HTML WG. Could you please let
> >us know that you have no comments on these documents.
> >
> >Furthermore, today we have a specific issue of binding between HTML5 and
> >MAWG needed.
> >
> >We have received a substantial comment [3] about the API for Media
> >Resource 1.0 as follows:
> >"Example on how to introduce this in HTML5 by making the
> >HTMLMediaElement inherit from the MediaResource interface:" This
> >shouldn't be an example. If a user agent is expected to expose this
> >interface on media elements, then this has to be a MUST, possibly using
> >an "implements" statement.
> >
> >This LC comment refers to section "3.1 MediaResource interface"
> >http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-mediaont-api-1.0-20100608/#mediaresource-interface
> >
> >
> >and more specifically about the example provided in section
> >"4. Usage examples"
> >Example 1: Return the name of the director of the movie "Apocalypse now".
> >//assume that the video elements in HTML5 inherit from the MediaResource
> >interface
> >video = document.getElementsByTagName("video");
> >
> >Stating a MUST in our spec seems unreliable, regarding the current
> >advancement of HTML5.
> >
> >What is needed to get an object that implements the interface,
> >HTMLMediaElement and inheritance issue from the MediaResource interface
> >
> >
> >Thank you for your advise on this issue.
> >
> >Thierry,
> >on behalf of the MAWG.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >[1]
> >http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-media-annotation/2010Jun/0023.html
> >
> >[2]
> >http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-media-annotation/2010Jun/0023.html
> >
> >
> >[3]
> >http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-media-annotation/2010Aug/0017.html
> >
> 

-- 
Michael(tm) Smith
http://people.w3.org/mike

Received on Tuesday, 28 September 2010 23:51:04 UTC