[RTW] [dispatch] The charter formerly know as RTC-WEB take 3

[David Singer]

On Jan 28, 2011, at 1:15 , markus.isomaki at nokia.com wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Adam Roach wrote:
>> 
>> On 1/26/11 8:04 PM, Cullen Jennings wrote:
>>> Perhaps the charter should explicitly say this but that is why it
>> seems so mute on this topic, it is.
>> 
>> I would imagine something along these lines would put the topic to rest:
>> "The selection, design and/or extension of a protocol or protocols for
>> establishing and controlling media sessions is in scope for the working
>> group."
>> 
>> I think it's a lot better than remaining silent on the topic, since it
>> leaves several avenues open to the working group. We really don't want
>> to get part of the way down this path with people under the
>> misimpression that we *must* design a new protocol, or that we *must*
>> select an existing protocol. I think we should do whichever of these
>> makes the most sense after a careful analysis, and that such analysis is
>> best performed by the working group (not in DISPATCH).
>> 
> 
> I think the question at this point is that what aspects of the media session establishment and control *need* to be standardized.

I would hope, as I have said before, we standardize at two levels.

A) a framework, with clear interfaces, that hangs together (e.g., in this case, 'a session initiation protocol goes here').
B) instantiations within that framework that make at least one working system.

I don't want the framework to assume "only XXXX is ever going to be used in this context" even if XXX is the only instantiation of one the modules 


David Singer
Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.