Re: Standardize Buttons For TV-Web Remotes?

You're welcome. I am preparing an update that will add columns for MHEG-5,
EBIF, and DVB-HTML as well. I hope to send this update out by early to mid
next week.

Regards,
Glenn

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org> wrote:

> Hi, Glenn, Mark, and Bob-
>
> Thank you very much, this is great information to have compiled and
> available; you really went above and beyond, here.  I will try to integrate
> this feedback in an upcoming draft of DOM3 Events, and I will run it by this
> list for another round of feedback.
>
> Thanks!
> -Doug
>
> Glenn Adams wrote (on 10/21/10 10:56 PM):
>
>> with attachment
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com
>> <mailto:glenn@skynav.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    Hi Doug,
>>
>>    In regard to your request for input on key events (both remote
>>    control and keyboard) for television, and in consultation with Mark
>>    Vickers (Comcast) and Bob Lund (Cable Laboratories), we have
>>    prepared a table of "Virtual Key Identifiers for Television Input"
>>    based on three industry standards:
>>
>>        * OCAP, Open Cable Application Platform (a.k.a. /tru2way/)
>>        * CEA-2014, Web-based Protocol and Framework for Remote User
>>          Interface on UPnPTM Networks and the Internet (Web4CE)
>>        * ATSC A/100-2, DTV Application Software Environment Level 1
>>          (DASE-1) Part 2: Declarative Applications and Environment
>>
>>    The attached table includes the full set of virtual key identifiers
>>    defined for use with these standards. In addition, certain of these
>>    identifiers are designated as being included in the minimum support
>>    provided by a device that implements one of these cited standards.
>>
>>    If there are any follow-up questions, please let me know.
>>
>>    Regards,
>>    Glenn Adams
>>
>>        -----Original Message-----
>>        From: public-web-and-tv-request@w3.org
>>        <mailto:public-web-and-tv-request@w3.org> [mailto:
>> public-web-and-tv-request@w3.org
>>        <mailto:public-web-and-tv-request@w3.org>] On Behalf Of Doug
>>        Schepers
>>        Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 11:00 AM
>>        To: public-web-and-tv@w3.org <mailto:public-web-and-tv@w3.org>
>>        Subject: Standardize Buttons For TV-Web Remotes?
>>
>>        Hi, Folks-
>>
>>        I'm the editor of DOM3 Events, which (among other things) is
>> finally
>>        standardizing keyboard events.  The spec contains a list of
>>        common keys
>>        [2], but focuses mainly on traditional desktop keyboards, and to a
>>        lesser extent, on mobiles.  There are a few keys for media
>>        controls, but
>>        mainly in the context of "fancy" computer keyboards.
>>
>>        It occurred to me that a more forward-looking spec would also
>>        include
>>        common buttons from media remote controls, such as would be
>>        useful for
>>        browser-TV-remote hybrid keyboards, like the ones from Logitech,
>>        Sony,
>>        etc., for GoogleTV, AppleTV, and other systems (I know there are
>>        many
>>        other projects, these are just the ones that popped into my head
>>        from
>>        reading tech blogs; no disrespect intended to other vendors).
>>
>>        Including remote-control-type buttons would be good for content
>>        authors
>>        who want to program Web content inclusive of those devices.
>>          I've got a
>>        few keys/buttons in mind (ChannelUp, ChannelDown, FastForward,
>>        Reverse,
>>        Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, and so forth), but it would be good to
>>        have a
>>        more comprehensive list of possibilities, along with their relative
>>        importance and commonness.
>>
>>        If anyone has any concrete suggestions about this, or could you
>>        put me
>>        in touch with people or companies who do, I would greatly
>>        appreciate any
>>        help.
>>
>>
>>        (To put DOM3 Events in context for those who don't know the
>>        technical
>>        background, the DOM is the primary way that script interacts
>>        with Web
>>        documents, by reading, writing, and changing elements,
>>        attributes, and
>>        text through the in-memory model of the document structure and the
>>        associated APIs; DOM events are the way that user interaction is
>>        managed
>>        within that, e.g. 'click' events, 'keydown' events, etc.)
>>
>>        [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Events/
>>        [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Events/#key-values
>>
>>        Thanks-
>>        -Doug Schepers
>>        W3C Team Contact, SVG and WebApps WGs
>>
>>
>>

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