- From: Matt Hammond <matt.hammond@rd.bbc.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:19:17 +0100
- To: "Russell Berkoff" <r.berkoff@sisa.samsung.com>, "Francois Daoust" <fd@w3.org>
- Cc: public-web-and-tv@w3.org
Hi Francois, As the issues were raised originally by me, I believe it is my responsibility to update the wiki page in this way. I'll be adding the comments raised shortly. Matt On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:14:10 +0100, Francois Daoust <fd@w3.org> wrote: > Hi, > > On 06/06/2011 10:17 AM, Russell Berkoff wrote: > [...] >> I’ve repeated the Justification section since the W3 tools do not allow >> comments to be attached to submitted document. > > It's certainly good practice to use the mailing-list for discussions, so > repeating here is de facto a good idea, but the wiki page could be > directly updated as well to incorporate changes and comments. The tool > would track all changes, allowing to highlight the changes and rollback > if needed through the history tab. > > For comments, one simple solution would be to prefix the text with the > name of the person who makes the change. Using wiki markup, one could > actually simply start his comment with ~~~ (3 tildes) and the tool would > replace that with the username when the page gets updated. See: > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Signatures > > Francois. > > >> >> *Justification:* >> >> * Allows the creation of user interfaces utilizing companion device >> features, such as touch screens. Such interfaces may have greater >> usability than can be achieved with a traditional infra-red button >> based remote control and on-television interface. >> >> UPnP allows any device to act as an external control point. This device >> can determine the current state of the rendering device as well as >> control the device. >> >> * Standardisation could facilitate a new ecosystem of interfaces. >> * Existing standards for home network communication are not >> available from the browser context >> >> Actually CEA-2014-B has a web-binding for UPnP devices. PHP has a >> binding for UPnP Devices (GUPnP). A desirable goal of this TF is to >> have W3C also publish these (or similar bindings). >> >> * Existing standards (UPnP?) do not support query and control of >> content playback where the content is not being streamed between devices >> >> UPnP embodies no such restriction. There is nothing in UPnP that >> precludes a MediaRenderer from publishing locally based changes of >> device state. If anything this would be encouraged to provide a >> consistent user experience. >> >> Regards, >> >> Russell Berkoff >> >> Samsung >> > -- | Matt Hammond | Research Engineer, BBC R&D, Centre House, London | http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/
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