WebVMT Status Update

WebVMT Status Update

1. Progress Made

    i. Progressed discussion of video metadata formats [1]. Thanks to Scott Simmons for his support.
    ii. Continued development of prototype Android app.
    iii. Started analysis of media metadata web search to tie-in with OGC Ideas [2] proposals for video search by location [3] and metadata [4].
    iv. Contributed to WICG DataCue activity [5], adding unknown cue end time [6] example code and media metadata search [7] use case to explainer document. Thanks to Chris Needham for his ongoing support.

2. Next Steps

    i. Complete current development phase of prototype Android app.
    ii. Begin interoperability testing with early adopters.
    iii. Add media metadata web search use cases to Editor's Draft [8].
    iv. Continue community outreach and identify more activities to promote progress towards the standardisation track.

3. Help Requested

    i. SDWIG guidance on OGC TC [9] meeting in Leuven, Belgium on 24-28 June.
    ii. Discussion of EC INSPIRE MIG workshop [10]: making spatial data discoverable through mainstream search engines.

[1] https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1120 <https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1120>
[2] https://github.com/opengeospatial/ideas <https://github.com/opengeospatial/ideas>
[3] https://github.com/opengeospatial/ideas/issues/91 <https://github.com/opengeospatial/ideas/issues/91>
[4] https://github.com/opengeospatial/ideas/issues/92 <https://github.com/opengeospatial/ideas/issues/92>
[5] https://github.com/WICG/datacue <https://github.com/WICG/datacue>
[6] https://github.com/WICG/datacue/blob/master/explainer.md#unknown-end-time-support-for-streamed-cues <https://github.com/WICG/datacue/blob/master/explainer.md#unknown-end-time-support-for-streamed-cues>
[7] https://github.com/WICG/datacue/blob/master/explainer.md#media-metadata-search-results <https://github.com/WICG/datacue/blob/master/explainer.md#media-metadata-search-results>
[8] http://w3c.github.io/sdw/proposals/geotagging/webvmt/ <http://w3c.github.io/sdw/proposals/geotagging/webvmt/>
[9] http://www.ogcmeet.org <http://www.ogcmeet.org/>
[10] https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/wikis/display/InspireMIG/Workshop+on+making+spatial+data+discoverable+through+mainstream+search+engines+-+Call+for+abstracts <https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/wikis/display/InspireMIG/Workshop+on+making+spatial+data+discoverable+through+mainstream+search+engines+-+Call+for+abstracts>