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.
Roadmap
The current roadmap of the group is delayed compared to the proposed schedule in the charter, and to a previously discussed updated schedule; a new detailed schedule is in preparation.
WebRTC 1.0: Real-time Communication Between Browsers
- Editors draft
- First Public Working Draft: 27 October 2011
- Feb 9 2012 Working Draft
- Aug 21 2012 Working Draft
- Last Call Working Draft: re-scheduled for Q1 2014
- Candidate Recommendation: initially scheduled for Q4 2012, but delayed probably until Q2 2014
Media Capture and Streams (getUserMedia)
(as part of the Media Capture Task Force).
- Editors draft
- First Public Working Draft: 27 October 2011
- June 28 2012 Working Draft
- Last Call Working Draft: re-scheduled to Q4 2013
MediaStream Recording
(as part of the Media Capture Task Force)
This document will specify how to record content from a media stream into a file.
- Editors draft
- First Public Working Draft: 5 February 2013
MediaStream Capture Scenarios
(as part of the Media Capture Task Force)
This non-normative document will end as a Working Group Note.
- Editors draft
- First Public Working Draft: March 6 2012
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 F2F meeting will be part on Monday-Tuesday Nov 11-12 2013 during W3C TPAC week.
Minutes: Dec 19 2013, Nov 12 2013 F2F, Nov 11 2013 F2F, Sep 3 2013, June 5 2013 (Promises), Feb 7 2013 F2F, Jan 10 2013, Dec 13 2012, Oct 30 2012 F2F, Oct 29 2012 F2F, Sep 17 2012, Aug 28 2012, June 11 2012 F2F, April 10 teleconf (draft), March 13 2012 teleconf, Feb 1 2012 F2F, 15 Dec 2011 teleconf, Nov 1 2011 F2F, Oct 31 2011 F2F, Oct 5 2011 teleconf, Aug 31 2011 teleconf, July 23 2011 F2F, July 12 2011 teleconf, May 19 2011 teleconf
The calls of the Media Capture task force are logged on the task force home page.
Past F2F in Shenzhen, China and Seattle, USA (Nov 11-12 2013)
Past F2F in Bedford, MA, USA (Feb 7 2013)
The group held its sixth F2F meeting on February 7 in Bedford, MA, USA, combined with a F2F meeting of the Media Capture Task Force and an interim meeting of the IETF RTCWeb and MMusic Working Groups: agenda, minutes.
Past F2F in Lyon, France (October 29-30 2012)
The group held its fifth F2F meeting on October 29-30 2012 in Lyon, France as part of TPAC: agenda, minutes day 1, minutes day 2.
Past F2F in Stockholm, Sweden (June 11 2012)
The group held its fourth F2F meeting on June 11 2012 in Stockholm, Sweden: agenda, minutes.
Past F2F in Mountain View, USA (Feb 1st 2012)
The group held its third F2F meeting on February 1st 2012 in Mountain View, USA: agenda, minutes.
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.