Re: W3C SVG considering using Vorbis

Dave H wrote:

> Jose Ramirez wrote:
> 
>>
>> There needs to be a new mindset on audio and video, and treat them 
>> just like jpegs. Where you save your content in a safe format and 
>> years from now it's still viable. I think the next phase of the Web, 
>> the multimedia one, will need Vorbis and Theora, just like the first 
>> Web needed jpegs.
> 
> 
> I totally agree!  I think you're preaching to the converted around here. 
>  ;o)  It goes past audio and video, of course; open document formats 
> (OASIS Open Office, DocBook, XHTML, or even ASCII plain text) are also 
> vitally important for any document you still want to be able to read ten 
> years after it was created.
> 
> I'll see if I can add anything sensible to the discussion on the SVG 
> mailing list in a bit...
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Dave

Since SVG looks to be adding some SMIL features, I can change some SMIL 
2.0 examples to promote Vorbis, when Helix is capable. Sometimes a 
working example that a person can download and play with, impresses them.

Jose

http://geocities.com/ramirez_j2001/index.html





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