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Standardized multimedia elements in HTML5 Position paper for the W3C Video on the web workshop Kevin Calhoun, Eric Carlson, Adele Peterson, Antti Koivisto Apple Inc. November 2007 1 Introduction We believe that standard markup of multimedia – video and audio – as proposed in HTML5 [1] is important, and in this paper we explain some of the reasons that it is important, and explore some of the rationale and thinking behind what is currently proposed. We also will show, using the open-source WebKit project [6], examples of illustrating the advantages and opportunities that integrated support brings. This paper discusses material either proposed to the W3C [2] or in current W3C drafts, with additionally some open questions. This paper does not discuss the nature of the audio/video coding or its container format. We agree that standardizing some format(s) is desirable for interoperability. However, the problems and issues raised by that question are not the subject of this paper, but are being handled, we believe, by the W3C staff. We also contend that the standardized support of multimedia elements at the HTML5 level is valuable even if we cannot immediately settle on audio/video and container formats. 2 The state in HTML now Audio and video are embedded in HTML today using either the embed or object elements. These have a number of problems. First, they are not specific to multimedia, and so there is no general, uniform support for those characteristics shared by all multimedia elements. Thus, concepts as straightforward as the control of playback rate vary significantly between different plug- ins. This variation in capability extends across: • the attributes available and their possible values; • the user interface affordances presented (if any); • varying document object model and scriptability; • varying integr