diff --git a/spec/ttml2.xml b/spec/ttml2.xml
index 5e15b86ff..7cf974170 100644
--- a/spec/ttml2.xml
+++ b/spec/ttml2.xml
@@ -23234,12 +23234,15 @@ the rate of playback (or interpretation) of time may artificially dilated or nar
playback of a related media object. Without loss of generality, the following discussion assumes a fixed play(back) rate. In the case of
variable play rates, appropriate adjustments may need to be made to the resulting computations.
+The document processing context defines the applicable epoch and any epoch-related offsets
+to be used when establishing the synthetic document syncbase.
Clock Time Base
When operating with the clock
time base, the following semantics apply for interpreting time expressions,
as defined by <time-expression>, and their relationship to media time and local real time.
The clock time base C
is related to local real time R
-expressed in an arbitrary (implementation defined) epoch E
+expressed in the epoch E
(defined by the
+document processing context)
as follows:
TTML Semantics – Clock Time and Real Time Relationship
@@ -23369,7 +23372,8 @@ during playback, presentation timing is not affected.
When operating with the media
time base, the following semantics apply for interpreting time expressions,
as defined by <time-expression>, and their relationship to media time and local real time.
The media time base M
is related to local real time R
-expressed in an arbitrary (implementation defined) epoch E
as follows:
+expressed in the epoch E
(defined by the
+document processing context) as follows: