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<p>Work on this specification is being undertaken both in the <a
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in the <a href="https://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/TT/"><abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr>
Timed Text Working Group</a>. The latter group works towards a <abbr
title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> Recommendation for reference purposes with
interoperability requirements, while the former is a Draft Community Group Report that continues to
evolve.

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