+1 on the name change, TV control sounds good to me.
About the charter, it looks good, just few comments:
* although EPG type of apps is one of the use cases, I don't think is the
only one. The "hybrid" scenario is also quite relevant (app that
overlay/control the linear TV video). In other words is OK to list EPG in
the "scope of work" but I would rephrase the introduction to be more
generic e.g.
"The technology gap between web apps and native apps is rapidly narrowing.
Web-based application controlling various TV channels with detailed
information regarding TV programs is becoming a more and more main stream
channel control application for the integrated video service. Furthermore
in many regions TV broadcasters are developing web applications that can
overlay their channel in an hybrid broadcast/broadband environment"
* About the API being agnostic to the underlying format, I assume it should
be part of the discussion we will have in the group to clarify what we mean
by agnostic. E.g. we could have a low level API which exposes metadata
coming from the broadcast stream, but NOT standardize the actual metadata
format (not in this group, I mean) or you could have a more high level API
which describes various concepts in an abstract way (that then needs to be
mapped on the various formats. I don't think the charter should exclude any
approach at this point, although I feel it would be better to start with a
low level API along the lines of HTML5 media API and consider any further
extension as a second step
* (Bin) I think you can go ahead and start the CG right away (
http://www.w3.org/community/groups/propose_cg/). During next call we can
discuss how CG members intend to run the group, so we make sure everybody
knows how to get involved.
/g
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Gene Lian <clian@mozilla.com> wrote:
> Hi Bin,
>
> This is greeting from Mozilla and we'd like to let you know we've been
> cooperating with our partners to work out an initiative version of our
> own TV Manager API:
>
> http://airpingu.github.io/tv-tuner-api/index.html
>
> , which seems to be matching the work scope of this group. You can also
> find it on the GitHub about our previous discussions on the API design:
>
> https://github.com/airpingu/tv-tuner-api/issues
>
> In short, this API spec is aimed to manage some general TV behaviours,
> including scanning channel, switching channel and controlling tuners.
> Actually, this API is not pretty much mature and is not yet supervised
> by any existing W3C working groups.
>
> Some of us are interested in this group and the following Mozillians
> hope to be copied in this thread in the future:
>
> "Marco Chen" <mchen@mozilla.com>
> "Gina Yeh" <gyeh@mozilla.com>
> "Evelyn Hung" <ehung@mozilla.com>
> "Gary Chen" <gchen@mozilla.com>
> "Gene Lian" <clian@mozilla.com>
>
> One personal thought about the name of this group. Based on the work
> scope, it seems to me the API is not only related to the channel stuff,
> but also some general TV functionalities. How about naming it as:
>
> "TV Manager API" or
> "TV Control API"
>
> Looking forward to cooperating with you guys!
>
> Regards,
> Gene
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "BIN HU" <bh526r@att.com>
> > To: "Giuseppe Pascale (giuseppep@opera.com)" <giuseppep@opera.com>,
> "Jean-Charles (JC) Verdié" <jicheu@yahoo.fr>,
> > "Alexander Futasz" <alexander.futasz@fokus.fraunhofer.de>, "mohammed
> dadas" <mohammed.dadas@orange.com>, "Louay
> > Bassbouss" <louay.bassbouss@fokus.fraunhofer.de>, "Mark Vickers" <
> Mark_Vickers@cable.comcast.com>, "Glenn Adams"
> > <glenn@skynav.com>, shkim@etri.re.kr, "Cyril Rickelton-Abdi" <
> Cyril.Rickelton-Abdi@turner.com>
> > Cc: public-web-and-tv@w3.org, "Daniel Davis (ddavis@w3.org)" <
> ddavis@w3.org>, ashimura@w3.org, "BRYAN L SULLIVAN"
> > <bs3131@att.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 1:24:26 PM
> > Subject: Draft Charter of Proposed Channel Control API Community Group
> >
> > Those on the “To” line: you have expressed interest in participating in
> this
> > CG
> > “Cc”: Web and TV IG, and related resources
> >
> > Hello my friends,
> >
> > In order to move forward this momentum, I drafted a simple charter of the
> > Channel Control API Community Group in attachment. Please:
> >
> > - Review this charter, and give any comments for improvement
> >
> > - Give a suggestion if you are not happy with the name of the
> group
> >
> > - Let us know if you are NOT in the “To” line, but is
> interested in
> > participating in the group
> >
> > - Let us know if you are in the “To” line, but I may have
> captured
> > your name by mistake and you are NOT interested in participating in the
> > group
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Bin
> >
> >
>