Re: [HOME_NETWORK_TF] New TF on Home Networking - Call for Participants

Hi Guiseppe, many thanks for getting the ball rolling on this.

The BBC would be very interested in participating in a TF looking at these  
issues. As has already been mentioned on this list, we have been pursuing  
work in this kind of area, so a TF would be a very welcome forum to  
further work in these areas.



Some thoughts on the initial draft:

Great to see service discovery being mentioned early on. Enabling this  
 from the browser does seem key to so many things.

Broadcast style TV services/content should be included when considering  
the kinds of content to be accessed by a device. It is still a popular  
medium :-)

The 2-box / 3-box distinction and the assumption of a need for content  
type negotiation assume a particular structure/model for interaction and a  
particular level of abstraction. Does this implicitly pre-select  
particular solutions (eg. UPnP) for the inter-device application layer  
protocols?

I also feel it may be too limiting, at this stage, to confine the scope to  
just JavaScript APIs. This assumes the existence of suitable inter-device  
application layer protocols. The existence of JavaScript APIs is the (or  
at least a major) desirable end-goal, but we might identify other elements  
that are required.

Arguably content discovery and playback are the two most important  
elements, but devices such as connected TVs have many other functions -  
eg. apps, recording capabilities etc. Many of these functions may also be  
useful to access from other devices within the home. There is also the  
opportunity to comprehensively improve accessibility if most key functions  
of such a device can be exposed through suitable APIs.



many thanks



Matt

On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:58:27 -0000, Giuseppe Pascale <giuseppep@opera.com>  
wrote:

> Dear all,
> during the last Web & TV workshop in Berlin, device and content discovery
> and control in the home network was identified as a prerequisite for most
> multiple
> screen scenarios and some of the participants expressed interested in
> outlining requirements
> and make a gap analysis with currently available technologies in order to
> identify areas where some specification effort may be needed.
>
> In order to handle this discussion, we are issuing a call for  
> participants
> for a Task Force on Home Network Content Discovery and Control.
>
> Since this is the first TF created in the IG, below you will find
> more information about what a TF is and how it works (in the context of
> the Web & TV IG).
> Information below are tailored for this particular TF but in the next
> weeks a more generic and extended version of the same information will be
> published on the IG wiki and/or home page.
>
> We apologize if we didn't manage yet to finalize and publish all
> information
> and tools but we are working on it and they will be available soon.
>
> If you have any comment/question on this CfP feel free to reply to this
> email.
>
> Home Network TF (of the Web & TV IG)
> ------------------------------------
>
> * How to join the TF
> The TF is open to all members of the Web & TV IG.
> Proceedings of the TF will be public so will be
> also available e.g. to the subscribers of the
> Web & TV Mailing list.
>
> Note though that some actions may require to be an official
> member of the IG (i.e. a w3c member); one example is editing
> the requirement document produced by the IG (see below)
>
> In order to be able to evaluate the interest among IG participants,
> interested parties are required to send a simple statement of
> interest (in form of a short reply to this email).
>
>
> * Goals and deliverables of the TF
> In a first phase, the goal of the TF will be to identify usecases
> for device and content discovery and control in the home network,
> gaps in the existing technologies to address these usecases and
> requirements that specifications need to address in order to cover such
> gaps.
>
> Another goal for this first phase is also to identify
> - if the requirements can be addressed by one ore more existing W3C WGs,  
> OR
> - if a new WG is required, OR
> - if the work is out of scope for W3C
>
> Deliverables for this first phase are a requirement document that an
> existing or new group can use to begin the specification work.
>
> In a (optional) second phase, the TF can be used to monitor and
> provide feedbacks or new inputs to the WG working on the specification.
>
> * How is the TF work organized?
> - Wiki
> In order to enable collaborative work, the TF will use the web & TV wiki.
> The wiki will be used both to maintain the requirement document draft and
> to keep information about any other relevant discussion raised.
> All IG participants (i.e. w3c members) have write access to the wiki.
> We may consider having one or more editors to avoid confusion.
>
> - Phone calls
> If/when needed, the TF can schedule regular phone calls in order to
> discuss relevant topics. Frequency of the phone calls
> is a decision for TF participants to make.
>
> - Email discussion
> For email discussion, the general Web & TV IG mailing list will be used.
> In order to make easy to identify the mail related to the TF
> (and allow people to filter email they are not interested to)
> each mail thread MUST contain the tag [HOME_NETWORK_TF]
>
> * Relevant links
> Wiki: http://www.w3.org/2011/webtv/wiki/Main_Page
> IG Home: http://www.w3.org/2011/webtv/
>
> P.S. attached to this mail an initial draft of a requirement document.
> This is just intended as a starting point for our discussion.
> Thanks to Bob Lund and Clarke Stevens for providing this initial
> contribution.
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Giuseppe Pascale on Behalf of the Web & TV IG co-chairs
>


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| Matt Hammond
| Research Engineer, BBC R&D, Centre House, London
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/

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