Re: Frankfurt Agenda: SVG?

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> I'm a composer and programmer (C#, Javascript). My use-case is that I want
> to publish my scores on the web, and I want them to be performable there.
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That use case is definitely covered, but there will of course be some
discussion of what the term "scores" includes. So I hope you will attend
the meeting.


> Briefly, my position is this:
> Authoring tools should work offline, and can interact with the world via
> MusicXML etc. as they have always done.
> Web integration means that such tools must be able to export scores in a
> format that can be displayed and performed in browsers.
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> For some years now, I've been developing my own SVG-MIDI format in which
> MIDI information is embedded in conventional chord symbols. I've written an
> off-line authoring tool (C#) [1] and performing software [2][3]
> (Javascript) that agree on this format.
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> My own format is too personal (and volatile) to be of general use, but I'm
> learning a lot in the process of creating it.
> In particular, I think that the principle of embedding MIDI and/or audio
> information at the event-symbol level is correct. This is how my browser
> app synchronizes the graphical and temporal information during performance.
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> Can we put SVG on the agenda?
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There's no formal agenda governing what can or cannot be discussed --
please bring this topic to the meeting.