- From: Rich Tibbett <rich.tibbett@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 10:33:27 +0100
- To: public-device-apis@w3.org
- Message-ID: <AANLkTimttzzpKNya-XCUdtJyTA6tFAk4dhZei77r3E+W@mail.gmail.com>
FYI - a very thorough proposal for a Universal Control API proposed by the BBC. > ------- Forwarded message ------- > From: "Olivier Thereaux" <olivier.thereaux@bbc.co.uk> > To: "W3C Web-and-TV IG" <public-web-and-tv@w3.org> > Cc: > Subject: Universal Control API > Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:12:59 +0100 > > Dear all, > > You may recall that during the workshop in Berlin, my BBC colleague Matt > Hammond took a few minutes to present the work being done on a Universal > Control API - a RESTFul API for query, command and control of set-top > boxes, media servers etc. > > We have recently published the specification for that API, as well as an > introduction blog post giving more information on the goals and context > of the work: work on orchestrated media for possible future multi-device > media services and content distributed across collaborative TV and > mobile devices, and a flexibile accessibility solution for digital TV > using remote devices. > > Spec: http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/publications/whitepaper194.shtml > Blog: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/researchanddevelopment/2011/02/universal-control.shtml > > > We will also have an overview document published very soon on the BBC > R&D Web space (http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/). I will send a link as soon as > it is out. > > What has been published is implementable today (indeed, we have > implemented it on two set top boxes, as well as an iPhone "remote" and a > synchronised web companion app for Orchestrated Media experience across > ipad and TV) and we would like to collaborate with other actors in the > field to build a standard API (or a set thereof). > > Your feedback, both on the spec in its current state, and on where/how > you believe the standard work could take place, would be really welcome. > > Thank you, > > Olivier >
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