Re: (X)HTML5 + SMIL?

I brought up SMIL awhile back in HTML5's development (during the
discussion about distributed extensibility).  My concerns were
lessened when I realized that even if the SMIL elements are considered
non-conforming in HTML5, that at least one could use SMIL TimeSheets.
Of course the reality is that browsers themselves are not really that
interested in implementing SMIL TimeSheets from what I can tell.

Regards,
Jeff

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Ted Han <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey everybody,
> I've been touring the internet to find out how SMIL is getting used and w=
hat
> it's been through in the past, and happened upon the HTML5 draft spec's
> media components. =A0I was somewhat alarmed to note that issue-10
> (http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/10 ) was closed w/o prejudice b=
y
> the HTML WG due to lack of contact from the SYMM WG (and also that the is=
sue
> has been open for 3 years).
> I dropped into #whatwg on irc.freenode.org to find out what the deal was,
> and Maciej Stachowiak and Ian Hickson both stated that they'd be willing =
to
> open the issue again if a proposal appeared (and preferably a bug report)=
,
> but that at this point they'd need some strong justification for why
> coordination w/ SMIL would be a good idea. =A0What i'm curious about is w=
hat
> level of interest there is within the SYMM WG to see if there is a
> possibility of coordinating between the two standards.
> I am aware that the SYMM WG produced a note back in 2002 for XHTML+SMIL
> (http://www.w3.org/TR/XHTMLplusSMIL/ ), however i don't actually know to
> what degree the SYMM WG is interested in integration targets like XHTML5.
> =A0It would be useful to know!
> What HTML5 supports is particularly relevant if anyone has interest in
> trying to develop a JS based SMIL player. =A0It'd be ideal if there was a
> common basis for media types (since a lot of the timing and layout stuff
> could possibly be bootstrapped off of that base). =A0So my initial questi=
on is
> if there's a way to get HTML5 to coordinate with something like SMIL3Tiny
> (provide the media types), and see whether it's possible to bootstrap off=
 of
> that.
> Cheers,
> -Ted
>