RE: A profile for TV

What if the profile was an IPTV Profile, instead of just a TV Profile. That is clearer in my ears. Is there ever a case where we will be addressing non-IP TV service?

Thanks!
-Paul

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-----Original Message-----
From: Giuseppe Pascale [mailto:giuseppep@opera.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 3:21 AM
To: <david.corvoysier@orange.com> <david.corvoysier@orange.com>; Vickers, Mark
Cc: <public-web-and-tv@w3.org>
Subject: Re: A profile for TV

On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:25:11 +0100, Vickers, Mark  
<Mark_Vickers@cable.comcast.com> wrote:

> I agree that any profile work needs to target any device that can  
> receive a service. TVs, mobile, PCs and TVs should all use the same spec.
>
> The meaning of "TV" to me in the context of "TV Profile" refers to a  
> profile capable of receiving a video (i.e. "TV") service, not the TV  
> device. The "TV" term is, unfortunately, consistently confusing in this  
> regard.
>

Completely agree.
Unfortunately I cannot come up with a better term and I also note that  
other groups working in this area also use the term "TV", so I think we  
are better off keep using it. Hopefully the document itself will clarify  
what is really intended when talking about TV services.

/g

> Thanks,
> mav
>
>
> On Dec 15, 2011, at 5:47 AM, <david.corvoysier@orange.com>
>  <david.corvoysier@orange.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am not opposed to the definition of a TV profile, but before starting
>> the discussions, I also think we need to agree on the objectives.
>>> From a service provider point of view, the main driver of a W3C TV
>> profile has to be interoperability accross a wide range of devices, and
>> not compatibility with devices typically used in a specific ecosystem
>> (that is in my opinion up to dedicated business fora to define these).
>> Said differently, I am very interested in defining a W3C profile for TV
>> services, ie identifying what would prevent a service provider from
>> deploying the same TV web application on TVs, tablets, mobile phones and
>> desktops, but I am not really interested in defining a W3C profile for
>> TV devices, ie deciding on which subset of the specifications an
>> implementation on a specific range of TV devices can be tagged as HTML5
>> compliant (because this kind of profile increases fragmentation instead
>> of reducing it).
>>
>> David Corvoysier
>> Orange Labs Networks & Carriers
>>
>


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Giuseppe Pascale
TV & Connected Devices
Opera Software

Received on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:10:40 UTC