Re: [sdw] Re-charter W3C/OGC working group (#1445)

**WebVMT Update**

I can confirm that [WebVMT](https://www.w3.org/TR/webvmt/) is still under active development, as detailed in the [W3C Strategy Funnel issue](https://github.com/w3c/strategy/issues/113) and [SDW mailing list](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sdw-wg/).

I’m aiming to achieve a number of goals for WebVMT within the next charter period, including:

1. Update the [Editor’s Draft](https://w3c.github.io/sdw/proposals/geotagging/webvmt/) with issues identified in the OGC Testbeds and documented in the [WebVMT Community Group](https://github.com/webvmt/community-group/), including negative cue times, heading and simplified interpolation.
2. Publish a revised [W3C/OGC Group Note](https://www.w3.org/TR/webvmt/) which includes these enhancements.
3. Register IANA media type for text/vmt to address the breaking changes to text/vtt which are already supported by HTML.
4. Publish the HTML [DataCue API proposed in WICG](https://github.com/WICG/datacue) in collaboration with W3C Media & Entertainment IG.

Section 3.1 of the [draft charter](https://w3c.github.io/charter-drafts/2024/sdw-wg.html) states that "existing specifications are in scope for potential maintenance” and explicitly lists WebVMT, which may be sufficient provided that this covers the four goals above.

Can someone confirm this please? Thanks

I'm concerned that the [JWOC reference](https://www.w3.org/2021/10/sdw-charter.html#background-coordination) does not appear in the draft charter. My understanding is that this enables OGC members to participate in W3C activities as Invited Experts, which is critical to successfully achieving these four goals.


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