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Contents 1 Specification sub-group meeting (11, 12, 15 November) 2 Participants (Day 1) 3 Main topics addressed (Day 1) 4 Participants (Day 2) 5 Main topics addressed (Day 2) 6 Participants (Day 3) 7 Main topics addressed (Day 3)

Specification sub-group meeting (11, 12, 15 November)

Thursday 11 November (Day 1) 1.30pm - 6pm EST

Participants (Day 1)

In person: Frank Schaffa, IBM; Julio Nogima, IBM; Paolo Dettori, IBM; Toshiaki Kojima, Sony; David Carroll, Sony; Paul Gardiner, Sony

 1. IPR Policy
 2. Introductions
 3. Discuss Sony 'media centric' input (2pm -4pm)       
 4. Discuss IBM 'Media Service Communication' input (4pm - 6pm)

Main topics addressed (Day 1)

• Timetable for first preliminary specification (taking account of needs for proposed NAB2011 demo)

 Aim to 'hand-over' to FIMS by Christmas as follows: 

   - 16th November: circulate initial preliminary draft to FIMS for comment

   - 29th November: deadline for FIMS feedback to specification group

   - 1st December (10am EST): Webex to review interfaces (capture, transform, transfer)

   - 14th December: Webex (10am EST) if required to clarify/resolve comments on first preliminary draft

   - 21st December: circulate updated preliminary draft to FIMS

• Sony input on media centric issues, including extension of profile concept in the case of Capture

• IBM input on Media Service Communication (Section 8 of preliminary draft)

Friday 12 November (Day 2) 9.00 am - 12.30 pm EST

Participants (Day 2)

In person: Frank Schaffa, IBM; Julio Nogima, IBM; Paolo Dettori, IBM; Toshiaki Kojima, Sony; David Carroll, Sony; Paul Gardiner, Sony

By telephone: Yoshiaki Shibata, Sony

 1. IPR Policy
 2. Continue discussion of IBM input on Media Service Communication
 3. Merging of texts to form first preliminary draft

Main topics addressed (Day 2)

• IBM input on Media Service Communication (Section 8 of preliminary draft)

• Integration of texts into first consolidated draft

Monday 15 November (Day 3 – finalise initial preliminary draft for FIMS)

Participants (Day 3)

In person: Frank Schaffa, IBM; Julio Nogima, IBM; Paolo Dettori, IBM; Toshiaki Kojima, Sony; Paul Gardiner, Sony

By telephone: Peter Brightwell, BBC; David Carroll, Sony

 1.00pm – 3.00pm      Review updated draft, modify as necessary
 3.00pm – 4.00pm      Final wrap-up, list open issues

Main topics addressed (Day 3)

• Review of Media Service Interface schemas and Media Service Communication Section
• Overall review of merged working draft

 Action: circulate working draft (PDF) v0.1 to FIMS reflector for review (ALL)
  - the draft may be downloaded here: File:FIMS Media SOA Framework V01.pdf
  - feedback via the FIMS reflector is requested by 29 November

 Known Open Issues (other than editorial matters):
 1.  References to be completed
 2.  Conformance language needs to be applied correctly 
 3.  Consider need to add Work Order Service to Section 8 (ALL)
 4.  Text in 3.2.5 and 3.2.6 needs to be moved to new Section or Appendix
 5.  Section 5.1 What does it mean to be FIMS compliant? (FIMS Management)
 6.  Section 6: comments from Shibata-san to be considered (IBM)
 7.  Section 7: comments from Shibata-san to be considered (IBM)
 8.  Section 7.1.2.1 Location/Identity/Usage: what do these mean? 
 9.  Section 7.1.3 More description of Services to be added in Tables (Sony)
 10. Section 7.2 SLAs (not required for first edition)
 11. Section 8: complete review of schemas (Sony, All)
 12. Section 9.1.2/9.1.3/9.1.4 to be moved/merged with Section 8 (IBM)
 13. Best Practice documents: should these be Annexes or separate documents?
 14. Section 8.2.2.1: What is the minimum set of technical metadata properties? (views from Vendors please)  

Location:

IBM Research: http://www.watson.ibm.com/general_info_haw.shtml 19 Skyline Dr Hawthorne, NY 10532

Remote participation: call details were advised via the FIMS reflector