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==Goals==
 
==Goals==
  
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* W3C
 
* W3C
 
** http://www.w3.org/community/texttracks/ consider joining the public mailing list
 
** http://www.w3.org/community/texttracks/ consider joining the public mailing list
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==Drivers==
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Each student is expected to drive (i.e., lead, manage) one or more areas of the project.  A project of this scale and scope doesn't get finished without people watching, and caring about, all its various aspects.  An initial list of major areas (please add those not included):
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* Build System, Build Automation, CI: ''name''
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* Issues, Bugs, Triage: ''name''
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* Documentation - External: ''name''
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* Documentation - Internal: ''name''
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* DOM Interface Implementation(s): ''name''
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* WEBVTT Parser Implementation: ''name''
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* WEBVTT Parser Integration within Gecko: ''name''
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* WEBVTT Spec Tests: ''name''
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* DOM Tests: ''name''
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* Spec Change, Conformance, etc. Management: ''name''

Revision as of 12:01, 7 January 2013

Goals

  • Implement a stand-alone C implementation of http://dev.w3.org/html5/webvtt/
  • Implement the track element (see bug 629350) in Firefox, such that it can use the aforementioned parser
  • Complete this work in 2013, have it land in mozilla-central, ship in Firefox.

Repos

For Seneca students, patches should land in the humphd repo first, from which the mozilla repo will get updated.

Communications

  • Seneca
    • webvtt-dev mailing list for students in DPS911 and OSD700 for course, project co-ordination
  • Mozilla
    • dev-media mailing list, for async contact with Mozilla media developers
    • #media irc channel, for real-time contact with Mozilla media developers. Ralph is 'rillian' on irc.
    • #introduction irc channel, for real-time help with general Mozilla development
    • #seneca irc channel, for course/project back-channel communication

Drivers

Each student is expected to drive (i.e., lead, manage) one or more areas of the project. A project of this scale and scope doesn't get finished without people watching, and caring about, all its various aspects. An initial list of major areas (please add those not included):

  • Build System, Build Automation, CI: name
  • Issues, Bugs, Triage: name
  • Documentation - External: name
  • Documentation - Internal: name
  • DOM Interface Implementation(s): name
  • WEBVTT Parser Implementation: name
  • WEBVTT Parser Integration within Gecko: name
  • WEBVTT Spec Tests: name
  • DOM Tests: name
  • Spec Change, Conformance, etc. Management: name