Submission request to W3C (W3C staff comment)
We, W3C members Compaq Computer Corporation, Macromedia Inc. and Microsoft Corporation hereby submit to the Consortium the following specification comprising the document(s) linked below:
which collectively are referred to as "the submission". We request the submission be known as the "HTML+TIME" submission.
This document presents Timed Interactive Multimedia Extensions for HTML (HTML+TIME). HTML+TIME builds upon the SMIL recommendation to extend SMIL concepts into HTML and web browsers. The proposal includes timing and interactivity extensions for HTML, as well as the addition of several new tags to support specific features described in the SMIL 1.0 spec. HTML+TIME also adds some extensions to the SMIL timing and synchronization model, appropriate to the Web browser domain.
HTML+TIME is not intended to supplant SMIL. The SMIL 1.0 standard supports many applications that need to describe multimedia presentations, independent of HTML and traditional web browsers. HTML+TIME is closely aligned with SMIL to make it simple for authors and tools to use both specifications.
Compaq agrees that, upon adoption of this contribution as a W3C Recommendation, any W3C member will be able to obtain a license from Compaq to implement and use the technology described in this contribution for the purposes of supporting the W3C Recommendation on a royalty-free basis. One condition of this license shall be the party's agreement to not assert patent rights against Compaq and other companies for their implementation of the W3C Recommendation. Compaq expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material and subject matter of this contribution.
Compaq expressly disclaims any and all warranties regarding this contribution including any warranty that this contribution does not violate the rights of others or is fit for a particular purpose.
Macromedia, Inc. agrees that, upon adoption of this contribution as a W3C Recommendation, any W3C member will be able to obtain a license from Macromedia, Inc., on a royalty-free basis, to implement and use the technology described in this contribution for the purposes of supporting the W3C Recommendation. One condition of this license shall be the party's agreement to not assert patent rights against Macromedia, Inc. and other companies for their implementation of the W3C Recommendation. Macromedia, Inc. expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material and subject matter of this contribution.
Macromedia, Inc. expressly disclaims any and all warranties regarding this contribution including any warranty that this contribution does not violate the rights of others or is fit for a particular purpose.
Microsoft agrees that, upon adoption of this contribution as a W3C Recommendation, any W3C member will be able to obtain a license from Microsoft to implement and use the technology described in this contribution for the purposes of supporting the W3C Recommendation on a royalty-free basis. One condition of this license shall be the party's agreement to not assert patent rights against Microsoft and other companies for their implementation of the W3C Recommendation. Microsoft expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material and subject matter of this contribution.
Microsoft expressly disclaims any and all warranties regarding this contribution including any warranty that this contribution does not violate the rights of others or is fit for a particular purpose.
The following are registered marks refered to in this request or the submission: n/a
The submission may distributed within the membership of the W3C free of any fee.
The submission may be distributed publicly free of any fee
The following points should be noted as regards licensable technology involved in any third party implementations of the technology specified in the submission: n/a.
We suggest that the W3C HTML Working Group (in coordination with SYMM IG) take up this submission. This working group should work through the open issues, including those explicitly identified in the submission, finalize the specification and then submit the finalized specification as a Recommendation.
To help with this work, we expect to be able to provide technical editing assistance to the Consortium.
Should any changes be required to the document, we would expect future versions to be produced by W3C process.
Inquiries from the public or press about this submission should be directed to:
(see names below)
this 18th day of September, 1998,