Re: Agenda+ Refreshing the Web MIDI spec

Also - happy to jump on a call.  If you want this on the agenda this week,
please have me added to the call invite.

On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 2:47 PM Chris Wilson <cwilso@google.com> wrote:

> (Sorry, was on jury duty)
>
> There are actually 9 issues currently marked "ready for editing".  I have
> been derelict.  :/  (However, I removed it from that issue, as Hongchan
> rightly pointed out that AudioWorklet might be a more appropriate place to
> add it.)
>
> I think we should go ahead and republish now, and I'll try to wrap up all
> the ready-for-editing bits in the next two months.
>
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 7:22 AM Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> The last publication of Web MIDI was four years ago, 17 March 2015
>>
>> https://www.w3.org/TR/webmidi/
>>
>> While there hasn't been a huge amount of change, the editors draft does
>> have some updates and is more recent, with several issues updated. Last
>> edit 17 December 2018
>>
>> https://github.com/WebAudio/web-midi-api/commits/gh-pages/index.html
>> http://webaudio.github.io/web-midi-api/
>>
>> This is just a Working Draft not a Candidate Recommendation, so
>> republishing merely requires this group to agree to do so, and then I
>> can take care of the rest.
>>
>> Chris, are there any important pending edits that you want to fold in
>> before that happens? I see one issue marked `ready for editing` although
>> that label was added in 2015 so maybe it isn't something that can be
>> folded in quickly:
>>
>> MIDI API should be available from Workers? #99
>> https://github.com/WebAudio/web-midi-api/issues/99
>>
>> instead, the best approach and v.1/v.next should probably be discussed
>> on a call.
>>
>> --
>> Chris Lilley
>> @svgeesus
>> Technical Director @ W3C
>> W3C Strategy Team, Core Web Design
>> W3C Architecture & Technology Team, Core Web & Media
>>
>>