On Tuesday, March 22, 2011 10:47 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > Ah, now I understand. You're referring to this as a "@label attribute". > Attributes only exist on elements, which is why I thought you had suddenly > switched to talking about out-of-band <track> elements. The term you want > is "property" to refer to properties on the javascript objects. ^_^
Ah, yes, now I understand the confusion. Within the whatwg specs, the word "attribute" is generally used and I was trying to be consistent. > > If an in-band kind=metadata track appears, what kind of information does > it contain? Can you tell by looking at the DOM? Can you tell by looking at > the > cue's text? > > What kind of data *is* carried by in-band metadata tracks? I'm familiar with metadata tracks containing: content advisories, ad insertion triggers, and application signaling; each with their own format. There is a lot of activity in this area, so the types/formats of metadata tracks is likely to increase for a while. - Eric
