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Registry for tv:URIs draft-keesmaat-tvreg-00. Iko Keesmaat iko.keesmaat@tno.nl TNO, Netherlands IETF 67. Identifying TV broadcasts. Use cases : messaging about TV: “Watch CNN now!” with clickable, mnemonic identifiers buddy watching: “Bob is watching ARD1 ”
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Registry for tv:URIsdraft-keesmaat-tvreg-00 Iko Keesmaat iko.keesmaat@tno.nl TNO, Netherlands IETF 67
Identifying TV broadcasts Usecases: • messaging about TV: “Watch CNN now!” • with clickable, mnemonic identifiers • buddy watching: “Bob is watching ARD1” • presence in relation with TV watching • other forms of communication related to TV broadcast: • scheduling your TV broadcasts • web pages referring to TV broadcasts
Requirements of TV identities Requirements: • identifier identifies uniquely a TV broadcast • id -> TV broadcast mapping MUST be unique • few (preferably one) identifiers per TV broadcast • TV broadcast -> id mapping SHOULD be unique • broad range of TV broadcasts: • terrestial, satellite, cable, cellular, internet • usable in internet communication: • IM, presence, calendar, email, webpages • easy to use by humans (typeable, mnemonic)
Proposal tv:URI Existing RFC (RFC 2838): • URI scheme ‘tv:’, with DNS style syntax: • tv:abc.com, tv:abc.co.au, tv:east.hbo.com • Not required to be resolvable, but future ‘resolvability’ is not precluded: • clickable tv:URI, click results in activation of/switching to TV broadcast that is identified • No central registry specified (yet): • confusion about identifiers for a given TV broadcast: • tv:abc.co.au, or tv:abc.net.au for Australian Broadcast Co.? • tv:bbcone.bbc.co.uk or tv:bbc1.bbc.co.uk for the BBC?
Registry for tv:URIs Requirements for registry: • attaches identification info (“identification records”) to tv:URIs, • can be searched/browsed by humans, • should be implementable even without involvement of TV broadcast parties Nice to have (future extension): • mappable to local TV broadcast frequencies, channels, IP addresses, etc.
Issues • Structure of the registry: form of the “identification records” • Process of registration: who can register what: • nominees, versus TV broadcast owners • (Business) organisation of the registry • Relation with domain name system • Future mappability on local TV ‘frequencies’/’channels’
Proposal 1. Create RFC from current internet-draft as Application Area product or 2. Start BOF/WG working on Registry for tv:URIs and other relevant documents Proposal: 1.