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TV Control API Community Group

This is the Wiki for the W3C TV Control API Community Group (TVAPI CG) to organize resources, schedule and work in daily operation.


Phase 2 Work Plan and Schedule

We are chartered to produce TV Control API Specification as an API layer to enable the development of web-based applications that can:

  • control and switch the TV sourcing based on channel identifiers
  • provide EPG type of information, including the list of TV programs and related information
  • interact with TV platform for presenting the TV program appropriately
  • interact with TV platform for presenting other supplemental content appropriately
  • overlay the channels and supplemental information in a hybrid broadcast/broadband environment

We have finished Phase 1 work of TV Control API Specification v1.0, and now open to proposal of work on Phase 2.

Submit Your Idea of Phase 2 Work

Please Submit Your Contribution for Phase 2 now.

Security and Privacy Considerations

Please see notes on security and user privacy considerations here.

Summary of Phase 1 TV Control API Specification v1.0

Our Phase 1 work of TV Control API Specification v1.0 consist of two steps:

  • Technical Use Case Development
  • API Specification Development

TV Control API Specification v1.0

The TV Control API Specification v1.0 was officially published on November 30, 2015.

Technical Use Cases

The Media API Task Force of Web and TV Interest Group has produced a set of high-level use cases and requirements. The scope of Technical Use Case Development in the context of our TV Control API Community Group will further define the functional design of API specification in another granularity level with more details of the functionality targeted for the API specification.

Requirement Mapping and Gap Analysis with Industry APIs

API Specification

Resources

Teleconferences / Meetings

The group holds a teleconference on Tuesdays every four weeks starting on May 13th, 2014. The logistics are as follows:

  • When: 9:00am – 10:00am USA Eastern Time
  • Zakim Bridge: +1.617.761.6200, Conference Code: 88274 ("TVAPI"). Note that Zakim is not available from July 1, 2015.
  • WebEx: https://mit.webex.com/mit/j.php?MTID=mf1d38115434e01cdfa9f093b3cb11c30
    • Audio: After you get to WebEx, you can choose
      • Dial in with the instruction from WebEx
      • Get Webex to dial out to a chosen international number
      • Use your PC's audio
  • IRC Channel: #tvapi on irc.w3.org, port 6665

Face-to-Face Meeting

Face-to-Face Meeting in 2015

  • Co-located with TPAC 2015, October 26th – 30th 2015, Sapporo, Japan.
    • Host Group: Web and TV Interest Group
    • Location and Room: Refer to Web and TV F2F 2015 for more details under Web and TV Interest Group
    • When: 9:30am-10:15am Local Time, Monday October 26th

Face-to-Face Meeting in 2014

  • Co-located with TPAC 2014, October 27th – 31st 2014, Santa Clara, CA.
    • When: 11:00am-12:30pm Local Time (PDT), Monday October 27th
      • 8:30am-11:00am: Opening Remarks and Other Web&TV Items, Web & TV IG Co-Chair(s). Refer to Web & TV IG Agenda
      • 11:00am-12:30pm: TV Control API CG Session - Joint Session with Web&TV IG
    • Host Group: Web and TV Interest Group
    • Location and Room: Refer to TPAC 2014 for more details under Web and TV Interest Group
    • Draft Agenda of TV Control API CG Session
    • Minutes

Meeting Agenda and Minutes

Actions and Issues

IRC and Scribe Guide

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