The Proposed Charter Update

This posting is in response to the call for comment in
https://www.w3.org/community/music-notation/2021/11/22/co-chair-meeting-november-22-2021/

The Proposed Charter is at

https://www.w3.org/community/music-notation/wiki/Proposed_Charter_Update

Below is a *Summary* of how I'd formulate the /Scope of Work/, but 
first, here are the changes with their reasons:

In /Scope of Work/, paragraph 1, the words

 > while maximizing the existing investment in implementations of the 
existing MusicXML and SMuFL specifications

should simply be deleted.

MNX is going to be a free, open-source replacement for all the 
proprietary formats currently used by standard music notation editing 
applications.
This means that interface formats like MusicXML will no longer be 
required. The simpler exchange of information between the 
implementations that currently use MusicXML should increase turnover, 
and so be of benefit to the industry as a whole. Such implementations 
should therefore be encouraged to migrate to MNX.

...

In paragraph 2, the words

 > The group is proposing the development...

should be replaced by the fact:

"The group is developing..."

and the words

 > MNX is designed to leverage as much as possible of the existing 
MusicXML schema.

should be replaced by the following (or equivalent):

"A primary design goal for MNX is ease of migration from MusicXML."

...

I would like to add a 4th paragraph that mentions the group's longer 
term vision. (We are at the W3C here.):

"In the longer term, the group envisions the development of 
specifications dealing with notations other than Common Western Music 
Notation, for example Arabic or Asian notations."

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*Summary*. Here's how the /Scope of Work/ would then read:


"The Community Group documents, maintains and updates the MusicXML and 
SMuFL (Standard Music Font Layout) specifications. The goals are to 
evolve the specifications to handle a broader set of use cases and 
technologies, including use of music notation on the web.

The group is developing a new specification to embody this broader set 
of use cases and technologies, under the working title of MNX. The MNX 
specification is designed to represent Common Western Music Notation in 
a tightly specified, semantic fashion in order to deliver a high degree 
of interoperability between a broad range of applications that require 
such a representation. A primary design goal for MNX is ease of 
migration from MusicXML.

The group is proposing the development of an additional new 
specification to provide a standard, machine-readable source of musical 
instrument data. This data includes information both for the display and 
playback of music notation that is specific to each different instrument.

In the longer term, the group envisions the development of 
specifications dealing with notations other than Common Western Music 
Notation, for example Arabic or Asian notations."


All the best
James Ingram
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