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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13082020 12:07 pm, Levantovsky,
Vladimir wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:MN2PR06MB54386AF15ADDD0201D1F479CFC430@MN2PR06MB5438.namprd06.prod.outlook.com"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I’d
argue that for as long as we collectively treat this work as a
single entity and discuss everything out in the open, with all
interested parties being able to freely join the discussion –
the _<i>formal</i>_ agreement isn’t necessary (I am not even
sure there can be such a thing with ISO having full rights to
make changes to their document). We, as a community have vested
interest in maintaining the integrity of the technology, and
developing it further in a way that facilitates widespread
adoption and implementations.
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<p>Vlad, does ISO/MPEG have any kind of implementation requirement
similar to, say, the W3C independent implementations requirement?
Is it possible to institute one?</p>
<p>One of the things that has concerned me about both the OT and OFF
is that they have sometimes been what I would class as speculative
specifications, and have numerous features that are formally part
of the format but have never been implemented (Peter just reminded
us of one). In recent years, there has been some improvement in
this regard, e.g. the implementation many aspects of OT variations
before the 1.8 spec was published, but so far as I am aware there
is no requirement for implementation built into the processes, and
nothing like a public draft stage such as CSS has.<br>
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<p>JH<br>
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