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==Goals==
* Implement a stand-alone C implementation of http://dev.w3.org/html5/webvtt/
* Implement the [http://www.w3.org/TR/html-markup/track .html track element] (see [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629350 bug 629350] and [http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/embedded-content-0.html#the-track-element track section in HTML5 spec]) in Firefox, such that it can use the aforementioned parser
* Complete this work in 2013, have it land in mozilla-central, ship in Firefox.
* Mozilla
** [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-media dev-media] mailing list, for async contact with Mozilla media developers
** [irc://irc.mozilla.org/media #media] irc channel, for real-time contact with Mozilla media developers. Ralph is 'rillian' on irc.
** [irc://irc.mozilla.org/introduction #introduction] irc channel, for real-time help with general Mozilla development
** [irc://irc.mozilla.org/seneca #seneca] irc channel, for course/project back-channel communication
* W3C
** http://www.w3.org/community/texttracks/ consider joining the public mailing list
==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: '''Jordan'''
* Issues, Bugs, Triage: '''Shayan'''
* Documentation - External: ''name''
* Documentation - Internal: ''name''
* DOM Interface Implementation(s): '''Dale'''
* WEBVTT Parser Implementation: '''Caitlin'''
* WEBVTT Parser Integration within Gecko: '''Rick'''
* WEBVTT Spec Tests: '''Shayan'''
* DOM Tests: '''Jordan'''
* Spec Change, Conformance, etc. Management: ''name''
