Open screen protocol work kickoff

Greetings Second Screen Community Group members,

After a post-TPAC pause, in which I've been focused more on Presentation
API spec work and testing, I'm starting to turn my attention to the Open
Screen protocol work which this group was rechartered to undertake in
October [1].

I've structured the initial work by filing some Meta-issues in GitHub
covering several areas that will serve as background research for drafting
the protocol itself.  Each of the "meta" issues listed is liked to
sub-issues listing concrete tasks or alternatives to evaluate.

I am thinking each requirements task or evaluation can be resolved by a
document in MarkDown checked into the openscreenprotocol repository.

If there are additional alternatives that should be brought forward for
consideration, now would be the time to file an additional GitHub issue for
it; I can help link it to the appropriate meta-issue(s).

There are provisional owners assigned to specific issues based on what we
had volunteers for at TPAC.  Of course, additional contributors are always
appreciated.

I will start checking in requirements drafts (from the earlier work to
develop the charter) and outlines for evaluation.

Once these meta-issues are knocked off, we should have some good background
to discuss which alternatives we want to move forward with fuller
specification.

If you have any feedback or questions on the overall work structure, let me
know.

Following is a list of the open Meta issues in the repository.

*[Meta] Write document describing protocol requirements*
https://github.com/webscreens/openscreenprotocol/issues/1

*[Meta] Evaluate presentation screen discovery mechanisms*
https://github.com/webscreens/openscreenprotocol/issues/5

*[Meta] Evaluate protocol transport mechanisms*
https://github.com/webscreens/openscreenprotocol/issues/8

*Control protocols for Presentation API and Remote Playback API*
https://github.com/webscreens/openscreenprotocol/issues/11
https://github.com/webscreens/openscreenprotocol/issues/12

*[Meta] Propose security mechanisms for Open Screen protocol*
https://github.com/webscreens/openscreenprotocol/issues/13

Cheers,
m.

[1] https://webscreens.github.io/cg-charter/