Re: Audio Working Group Charter Extended until 14 February 2020

All,

This looks good, with the added comment that the status of Audio Device
Client proposal is becoming more and more unclear in the long term.

The current setup (Web Audio API + some additions that are planned for V2)
seem to solve all the problems that Audio Device Client was set to solve,
without any breaking changes or necessity to rewrite code. Additionally, it
already integrates well with other bits of the web platform (which is not
the case with Audio Device Client).

It was certainly an interesting intellectual exercise, and I think the Web
Audio API is better thanks to it, but it doesn't seem useful to pursue, for
example by having a deliverable about it. The next few months will tell,
I've posted my concerns on the various issues and engaged with the wider
audio community about it (within and outside the W3C venues), but haven't
had too much real answers to them.

Cheers,
Paul.

On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 8:37 AM xueyuan <xueyuan@w3.org> wrote:

>
> Dear members of the Audio Working Group ,
> I'm relaying the announcement to the group's primary public mailing list,
> to notify the group of its charter extension to accommodate the new charter
> review period.
>
> Best regards,
> Xueyuan
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Proposed Charter for the Audio Working Group (Call for Review);
> Charter Extended
> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 15:28:41 +0800
> From: xueyuan <xueyuan@w3.org> <xueyuan@w3.org>
> To: w3c-ac-members@w3.org
> CC: chairs@w3.org
>
>
> Dear Advisory Committee Representative,
> Chairs,
>
> This is a Call for Review of a proposed recharter for the Audio Working
> Group:
>   https://www.w3.org/2011/audio/charter/audio-2019-ac.html
>
> The group will continue to work on the Web Audio API 1.0, Web Audio API
> 2.0, and Web MIDI API specifications.
>
> In addition, the proposed charter adds a new deliverable, Audio Device
> Client. This has been incubated in the Audio Community Group.
>
> [...]
> The proposed staff time for this group will be 0.1 FTE.
>
> Diff from the current charter is available at [1].
>
> Note: If the new charter gets approved, it will trigger the start of the
> 45 days grace period [2]. Existing participants of the Working Group under
> the current charter are required to re-join the group because this new
> charter adds a new deliverable in-scope.
>
> The Audio Working Group's current charter [3] is hereby extended until 14
> February 2020, to accommodate the charter review period.
>
> The group is chaired by Raymond Toy (Google) and Matt Paradis (BBC). More
> information about the group and information about participation can be
> found on its home page [4].
>
> If you have any questions or need further information, please contact
> Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org> <chris@w3.org>, Audio Working Group Team
> Contact.
>
> This charter review and extension follow section 5 of the W3C Process
> Document:
>   https://www.w3.org/2019/Process-20190301/#GAGeneral
>
> Thank you,
>
> For Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director,
> Philippe Le Hegaret, Project Management Lead,
> Chris Lilley, Audio Working Group Team Contact;
> Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing & Communications
>
> [1]
> https://services.w3.org/htmldiff?doc1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2011%2Faudio%2Fcharter%2Faudio-2016.html&doc2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2011%2Faudio%2Fcharter%2Faudio-2019-ac.html
> [2] https://www.w3.org/2003/12/22-pp-faq.html#recharter
> [3] https://www.w3.org/2011/audio/charter/audio-2016.html
> [4] https://www.w3.org/2011/audio/
>
>
>