[MPEG-OTSPEC] Specification and "implementors' notes"

[Behdad Esfahbod]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 11:53 AM Levantovsky, Vladimir <
Vladimir.Levantovsky at monotype.com> wrote:

> There is a delicate balance of things we can do in a lifetime vs. the
> impact and the outcome of things we chose to do. Considering that our time
> resources [and lifetime itself] are limited, we should choose wisely. ;)
>

Multiple people have been offering to clean up the spec. Eric Muller did
before all the rest of us. I've done. Nate Willis was ready to. Simon is
doing now. Is the MS / Peter declining any path to meaningful contributions
to the spec by others that is the problem, not lack of time or resources.

b


> When it comes to comments, examples, and notes as part of the spec, I
> think that having them as a resource to facilitate the understanding of the
> spec is useful, even if we end up authoring another implementation
> guidelines document.
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> Thanks,
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> Vlad
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> *From:* mpeg-otspec <mpeg-otspec-bounces at lists.aau.at> *On Behalf Of *Behdad
> Esfahbod
> *Sent:* Friday, August 14, 2020 2:25 AM
> *To:* Simon Cozens <simon at simon-cozens.org>
> *Cc:* mpeg-otspec at lists.aau.at
> *Subject:* Re: [MPEG-OTSPEC] Specification and "implementors' notes"
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> On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 3:09 PM Simon Cozens <simon at simon-cozens.org>
> wrote:
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> If we're going to put new commentary into a separate set of
> "implementors notes" documents as Vlad suggests, wouldn't it make sense
> to move all the *existing* commentary out of the specification and into
> an "implementors notes" first?
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> It does. The whole spec needs to be edited and rewritten to separate what
> the actual specification is versus what the Microsoft editor's
> understanding of what the specification is is.
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> behdad
> http://behdad.org/
> <https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/ic_uCo20Kjhr9PnEs1B7Tn/>
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