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Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 09:53:21 -0800
To: www-tv@w3.org (WWW TV List)
From: "Michael A. Dolan" <miked@tbt.com>
Subject: SMPTE Standardization of Declarative Content for Television
WWW TV Interest Group-
On Friday (3/3) an Ad Hoc Group (AHG) was formed in the SMPTE Working Group
on Data Essence (D27) to:
1. Work towards the harmonization of next generation XHTML content being
contemplated by the major transport standards (ARIB, DVB, and ATSC).
2. More formally document and standardize ATVEF as a first level content
authoring standard
First rough drafts of the SMPTE Standard documents for (2) were provided at
the meeting. They will be posted to the SMPTE private engineering ftp
server later this week.
An email list was created for the AHG, called D27-DDE, with myself as chairman.
The liaison to ARIB is Mr. Akihiro Hori, chairman of the ARIB XML
group. Liaisons to W3C, DVB and ATSC are pending.
SMPTE is a certified standards body devoted to television (and film)
founded in 1916 and an accredited "due process" organization by ANSI (and
thus ISO). Its focus is on studio and pre- and post-production technical
standards. Details on SMPTE and participation in its working groups can be
found at:
http://www.smpte.org
A statement of participation is required to join D27 and the email list
mentioned above. Please see the SMPTE website for more information. When
submitting your SOP, you should specifically request participation in
"D27-DDE".
It is *not* the intent of SMPTE to develop XML or any other standards in
W3C's domain, but rather to work closely with W3C to accomplish this. So,
I look forward to working with everyone on this list and at W3C in general
on creating international television standards in the field of declarative
content.
Regards,
Mike
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Michael A. Dolan, Representing DIRECTV, (619)445-9070
PO Box 1673 Alpine, CA 91903 FAX: (619)445-6122
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