Re: MIDI spec updates, as per telecon

Chris,

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Thanks to fix.

Thierry

On 18/10/2012 01:42, Chris Wilson wrote:
> I have updated the Web MIDI API specification, as per the discussion in
> today's teleconference, with one addition.
>
> The changeset is here: https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/audio/rev/f4727ce84474.
>
> The updated spec is here:
> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/audio/raw-file/tip/midi/specification.html.
>
> I made the following edits:
>
>     - I expanded the overview section, making it clear that this API is not
>     intended to cover semantic controls through MIDI (i.e. a solution to the
>     web of things problem), and also that this API is not concerned with
>     Standard MIDI Files or General MIDI - that is, that it is concerned with
>     input and output, not "playback" per se.
>     - I greatly expanded the introduction section to provide a more
>     table-of-contents style overview of the API, and also to describe in more
>     detail how the API is intended to function.
>     - I essentially rewrote the Security and Privacy considerations section
>     to describe the fingerprinting and access concerns in more detail, and also
>     (per conversation in telecon) to explicitly leave the model open.  These
>     three edits should resolve bug 19187.
>     - I changed the sendMessage() method back to my suggested
>     three-parameter form, and explicitly excluded sysex from sendMessage().  I
>     expect further discussion on this point, but for our FPWD, I wanted to have
>     it this way as I was brainstorming the security and privacy constraints,
>     and I think it may be possible to use sysex as the "needs user permission"
>     switch - that is, to require user permission ONLY in order to send/receive
>     sysex.  I'm not positive this will be enough, but it will be easier to
>     change it back than it would be to break variadic usage later.  ref: Bug
>     18764.
>     - I explicitly made timestamps in MIDIMessage allowed to be set to zero,
>     with the semantic of "send now", as per Bug 18760.
>     - I added IDs to several elements in order to provide forward links, and
>     I expanded some of the IDL constructs to better show the descriptions of
>     individual method parameters or members.  (no substantive changes.)
>
> -Chris
>

Received on Thursday, 18 October 2012 09:09:09 UTC