- From: Francois Daoust <fd@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 12:30:14 +0100
- To: <public-tvapi@w3.org>
Hello TV Control API CG participants, The CG is currently working in parallel on technical use cases for a Phase 2 [1] and on a draft charter for a possible TV Control Working Group [2]. The timeline proposed in the draft WG charter is very tight, aiming at a final Recommendation early 2017. Experience suggests that it would be unrealistic to expect that the scope of the current spec may change drastically within that time frame: if it gets created, the working group will only have time to "finalize" the spec (add missing bits, fine-tune the API based on implementation feedback, create the test suite). So, the question is: which of the phase 2 proposals should be included in the draft WG charter and which should remain topics that the CG would want to explore? Looking at Phase 2 proposals: Handling of non-TV "channels" (such as HDMI inputs). ----- This is currently in scope of the draft WG charter. However, it does not map directly to the notion of tuner, channel and program currently defined in the spec. I wonder if it could not be addressed in a future revision of the spec and/or perhaps even in a separate spec that the CG could define. Sangwhan, I think this feature was added based on your feedback, what is your take on this? Security and privacy requirements ----- This is in scope of the draft WG charter, and a common expectation for Working Groups at W3C. I note that the draft charter leaves the possibility to define a second conformance level in the spec for features that might perhaps be more specific to tuner-centric devices and that could perhaps run under a different security model. Broadcast radio ----- This is currently in scope of the draft WG charter. This may require some changes to the API, although hopefully restricted to a few adjustments. There have been discussions with the Media Tuner Task Force of the Automotive BG in the past which shows interest to address radios as well, so I would leave it in. Interactive application signalling ----- The draft WG charter is not really clear on this. That's an important topic to address. However, it does not seem trivial to me as it touches on the notion of application lifecycle. Is there any preliminary proposal that would describe how it could be addressed in a Web application? If not, I would suggest to leave it out of the charter for the time being. Thanks, Francois. [1] https://www.w3.org/community/tvapi/wiki/Main_Page/Phase2_Technical_Use_Cases [2] http://w3c.github.io/charter-drafts/tvcontrol-2015.html
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