How will it work?

From AMWA-EBU

Work will progress as much as possible by e-mail and webex.

Physical meetings will be required at the time of evaluating responses to the RFT and most likely meetings with the authors of the submissions will also be required for more interactive explanations and discussions.

It is expected that both EBU and AMWA will equally contribute in time and resources to the success of the work.

AMWA has a clearly defined policy regarding intellectual property (upfront declaration, no licensing or similar fees, etc.), which will be the framework for contribution to the joint task force. More information can be found here [About AMWA]

Given the AMWA’s strigent IPR requirements [link to AMWA IPR policy or to a new page needed here] it is vital that all technical contributions are made to both the EBU and the AMWA at the same time. This assures that we do not suffer IPR “leakage” because contributions are made without complying with the either organizations’ policy.

In this new RfT phase, a roadmap will be defined towards specification. Contributions to the work will also be accepted from participants who haven't responded to the RfT for the benefit of a better specification. All participants must have signed the File:FIMS Participation Agreement.pdf

Results in whatever form will be co-published by EBU and AMWA.

The Chairs of each organization will be responsible for the dissemienation of status and other information within their respective organization.