Mission
As defined in its charter, the mission of the Web Real-Time Communications Working Group, created in May 2011, is to define client-side APIs to enable Real-Time Communications in Web browsers.
Action!
On-going actions for participants of the group:
- Review the summary of the Santa Clara F2F (31 Oct - 1 Nov 2011).
- Review open questions on use cases and requirements and send comments to the mailing-list.
- Subscribe to public-media-capture@w3.org, the mailing list where the
getUserMedia()API will be developed
Roadmap
Latest editors drafts:
- WebRTC 1.0: Real-time Communication Between Browsers
- getUserMedia (Media Capture API)
- MediaStream Capture Scenarios
No deviation from the roadmap specified in the charter as of today.
- First Public Working Draft: 27 October 2011
- Last Call Working Draft: scheduled for Q2 2012
- Candidate Recommendation: scheduled for Q4 2012
- Proposed Recommendation: scheduled for Q4 2012
- Recommendation: scheduled for Q1 2013
Documents and Logistics
The Web Real-Time Communications Working Group's wiki documents ongoing works, draft documents and other working materials and logistics information.
Participate
If you are employed by a W3C Member and want to join this group, please ask your Advisory Committee Representative to nominate you to the group as explained in the relevant instructions.
If you are not employed by W3C Member and have specific expertise to bring to this group, the said instructions explain how to get Invited Expert status.
See the list of current participants.
Communications
The main communication channel for this group is the publicly archived mailing-list <public-webrtc@w3.org>.
We track open bugs on our specs using the WebRTC Working product on the W3C Bugzilla.
The joint Media Capture Task Force with the Device APIs Working Group, working on the definition of the getUserMedia() API, uses the publicly archived mailing list <public-media-capture@w3.org>.
Member-confidential messages and logistical discussions can be addressed to the member-only archived mailing-list <member-webrtc@w3.org>.
Useful Documents
Some documents of interest to participants in the Working Group:
- Latest editor's draft of WebRTC 1.0: Real-time Communication Between Browsers (WebRTC document)
- Latest draft of Web Real-Time Communication Use-cases and Requirements (WebRTC/RTCWEB joint document)
- Real-Time Communication in WEB-browsers IETF group
- Report and papers from the RTC Web Workshop held in October 2010.
Meetings
The group meets once every 2-3 week on the phone. Please check the mailing-list for logistics information. The next call will happen after the next F2F..
The next F2F meeting of the group will be colocated with the IETF RTCWEB interim meeting on January 31st-Feburary 1st, in San Jose, CA, USA.
Past F2F in Santa Clara, USA (Oct/Nov 2011)
The group held its second F2F meeting on Monday 31 October and Tuesday 1 November 2011 in Santa Clara, USA, during W3C TPAC 2011: agenda, Minutes day 1/2 and Minutes day 2/2, summary.
Past F2F in Quebec City, Canada (July 2011)
The group held its first F2F meeting on Saturday 23 July 2011, in Quebec City (Quebec City Convention Centre), Canada, co-located with the IETF 81 Meeting: agenda, minutes.
Patent Policy
This group operates under the W3C Patent Policy — see its Patent Policy status for more details.