Re: CfC: Adopt and Publish FPWD of WebCodecs

Hi all,

Following the call for consensus and merging of changes around 
registries, I'm pleased to report that WebCodecs has now been officially 
adopted by the Media WG. Congratulations to the group and spec editors!

Practically speaking, the GitHub repo was migrated to the W3C org and 
renamed to drop the hyphen (for consistency with other specs that start 
with "web"), and the boilerplate adjusted in the spec.

The new repository is at:
https://github.com/w3c/webcodecs

I note that the spec has been split into three specs as a result of 
setting up the registry:

- the main WebCodecs spec:
https://w3c.github.io/webcodecs

- the WebCodecs Codec Registry:
https://w3c.github.io/webcodecs/codec_registry.html

- the AVC (H.264) WebCodecs Registration
https://w3c.github.io/webcodecs/avc_codec_registration.html

I will now work with the editors to have these three documents published 
as First Public Working Drafts.

Please note that only the main WebCodecs spec is intended to become a 
normative W3C Recommendation. The Codec registry and companion 
registration are intended to become non-normative W3C Working Group 
Notes (in other words, they will not be published on the Recommendation 
track).

This is identical to the way MSE and EME registries are maintained. As 
discussed in previous Media WG calls, that is not ideal, but that is the 
most pragmatic approach until the W3C process gets possibly updated to 
cater for registries.

Thanks,
Francois.




------ Original message ------
From: "Mounir Lamouri" <mlamouri@google.com>
To: "public-media-wg@w3.org" <public-media-wg@w3.org>
Cc: "Chris Needham" <chris.needham@bbc.co.uk>; "Chris Cunningham" 
<chcunningham@google.com>; "Paul Adenot" <padenot@mozilla.com>
Date: 09/03/2021 20:55:22

>Hi everyone,
>
>Sorry for the delay to confirm it but the CfC has passed and the 
>WebCodecs deliverable will be adopted by the Media WG.
>
>The delay came because Google asked for some changes around registries 
>before a FPWD in the WG is published. If you are interested, the change 
>is being reviewed here: https://github.com/WICG/web-codecs/pull/149
>
>After the change is merged into the spec, the FPWD will be published.
>
>-- Mounir
>
>On Tue, 16 Feb 2021 at 03:02, Paul Adenot <padenot@mozilla.com> wrote:
>>I'm late, but:
>>
>>I support adopting WebCodecs as a Media WG deliverable and publishing 
>>it as a FPWD.
>>
>>
>>
>>Paul.
>>
>>
>>On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 4:47 PM Chris Needham <chris.needham@bbc.co.uk> 
>>wrote:
>>>I support adopting WebCodecs as a Media WG deliverable and publishing 
>>>it as a FPWD.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>From: Mounir Lamouri <mlamouri@google.com>
>>>Sent: 01 February 2021 20:10
>>>To: public-media-wg@w3.org
>>>Cc: Paul Adenot <padenot@mozilla.com>; Chris Cunningham 
>>><chcunningham@google.com>
>>>Subject: CfC: Adopt and Publish FPWD of WebCodecs
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Following group discussions during our call in December and exchanges 
>>>with the group chairs, W3C team contact, and specification editors, 
>>>this is a Call for Consensus (CfC) on adoption of the WebCodecs 
>>>specification as a Media WG deliverable and on its publication as a 
>>>First Public Working Draft (FPWD).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>The specification is available at: https://wicg.github.io/web-codecs/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>It defines interfaces for encoding and decoding audio and video. It 
>>>also includes an interface for retrieving raw video frames from 
>>>MediaStreamStracks. The specification matches the "Encoders/Decoders 
>>>API" entry in the Potential Normative Specifications section of the 
>>>Media WG charter:
>>>https://www.w3.org/2019/05/media-wg-charter.html#potential-normative
>>>
>>>The CfC will last for two weeks and will end on the 14th of February 
>>>2021. Please reply to this email and state one of the following:
>>>  * I support adopting WebCodecs as a Media WG deliverable and 
>>>publishing it as a FPWD.
>>>  * I support adopting WebCodecs as a Media WG deliverable but object 
>>>to publishing it as a FPWD (please detail your concerns).
>>>  * I object to adopting WebCodecs as a Media WG deliverable (please 
>>>detail your concerns)
>>>
>>>The specification is currently owned by the Web Platform Incubator 
>>>Community Group (WICG). Effective adoption of the specification 
>>>supposes that the spec migrates out of WICG. See corresponding Intent 
>>>to Migrate: https://github.com/WICG/web-codecs/issues/130
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On behalf of the chairs,
>>>
>>>-- Mounir
>>>

Received on Tuesday, 30 March 2021 08:55:22 UTC