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A new OASIS technical committee is being formed.
The OASIS Remote Control XML Technical Committee has been proposed by the
members of OASIS listed below. The proposal (below) meets the
requirements of the OASIS TC Process [1]. The TC name, statement of
purpose, scope, list of deliverables, audience, and language specified in
the proposal will constitute the TC's official charter. Submissions of
technology for consideration by the TC, and the beginning of technical
discussions, may occur no sooner than the TC's first meeting.
This TC will operate under our 2005 IPR
Policy.[2] The eligibility requirements for becoming a participant
in the TC at the first meeting (see details below) are that:
(a) you must be an employee of an OASIS member
organization or an individual member of OASIS;
(b) the OASIS member must sign the OASIS
membership agreement (see [3]);
(c) you must notify the TC chair of your intent
to participate at least 15 days prior to the first meeting, which members
may do by using the "Join this TC" button on the TC's public
page at [4]; and
(d) you must attend the first meeting of the TC,
at the time and date fixed below.
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TC at a later time.
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[2]
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[5]
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~ James Bryce Clark
~ Director, Standards Development, OASIS
~ jamie.clark@oasis-open.org
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OASIS REMOTE CONTROL XML TC
a. Name
OASIS Remote Control XML (RCXML) Technical Committee
b. Statement of purpose
The purpose of the proposed Technical Committee is to develop a set of
XML standards to support control of devices to be accessed and controlled
remotely. There are a growing number of devices available and under
development that can be controlled remotely, including a wide variety of
household and industrial implements, and using a broad variety of
transmission methods (including infrared, radiofrequency and other
methods). However, there is not yet a dominant standard for
the commands and command syntax for this control. XML provides a
suitable and very flexible framework for this content.
The problem to be solved is standardization of the growing number of
independent product-specific solutions to the control problem as products
and devices proliferate. The standards to be developed should address as
wide a range of controllable devices as possible. However, it is
not possible to anticipate the complete range of commands and syntax that
will be needed as new devices are developed. For example, it is
easy to anticipate that there will be a need for an "ON" or
"OFF" command, or for a need to map "settable"
controls on the device to a logically controllable identifier, and to
also be able to map the domain of acceptable settings (either discrete or
continuously variable over a range) to that identifier. However,
there likely will be devices in the future with controls not easily
accommodated by this first level of syntax. The proposed standard
should anticipate this by defining the procedure for periodic expansion
and extension.
This Committee will propose RCXML (Remote Control XML). The RCXML
technology will allow users to interact with any appliance which can be
controlled by remote control such as TV's, PVR's, VCR's, lighting,
heating/cooling systems, security systems, watering systems etc from a
remote location. Any appliance which has the RCXML interpreter as a
middleware can be operated through the RCXML scenario sent via
wire/wireless network. Even a remote control service provider that
doesn't have detailed information about a certain device should be able
to develop and provide control service based on RCXML.
1) International Standard Technology
In Korea, RCXML is already being adopted as the domestic standard under
TTA's support (Telecommunications Technology Association, Korea).
Approval of this standard internationally should encourage a broader
range of electric/electronic device manufacturers to apply it to their
products. The result will be that the provider can easily create a
business model for new service, and, since this is based on XML, it will
be readily available on a standardized and readily tooled
basis.
2) Low Communication Load
RCXML, as contributed, currently anticipates only a low
communication bandwidth. Because of this, it can more easily
control AV Digital Appliances (Digital TV, Digital STB, PVR (Personal
Video Recorder), etc) than it can more complex Information Appliances
(PC, etc).
Even though a high speed communication network (ADSL, VDSL, etc) may be
installed at home, this network is most often used for Information
Appliances, and may not be suitable or available for the control of
common appliances at home. But RCXML is a small volume protocol, so it
can be delivered through telephone line (via modem) unlike a high
bandwidth network. It is not necessarily reliant on a PC remote
control system based on HTTP.
3) Small Interpreter
RCXML does not require a large number of important tags, so it should be
very easy to develop a standard interpreter. Compared to other platforms
such as Java Virtual Machine, its size will be small so that it would be
easy to embed the system on very simple devices .
4) Web Based Language
Use of XML will enable development of the service and the platform
(appliances to be controlled) separately in WEB/WAP (World Wide Web -and-
Wireless Access Protocol) environments, so it is well suited for
personalized approaches. T his service may be delivered through the web
or the telephone line to provide WEB/WAP control through RCXML regardless
of the device and the maker.
In the end, through the standardization of RCXML, it is hoped that
manufacturers will embed the RCXML interpreter on all relevant devices
they sell.
c. Scope
The TC will develop and publish the syntax definition of XML schemas to
enable the control of devices remotely. Since it cannot be
completely known what devices may be developed in the future which may be
candidates for remote control, the TC will also develop the procedure for
extending this syntax to accommodate devices which may require additional
syntax not included in the initial definition. Since the native
code requirements for future devices to be controlled cannot be known,
only the surface syntax that they must accommodate for control will be
defined, the interpreters for each device being left to the device
developers.
The TC anticipates a contribution of the RCXML Technical Specification
ver. 0.5 Rev.1.02 as a starting point.
d. Deliverables
The TC shall produce two deliverables, 1) the recommended syntax
definition (with examples and clarifying notes) for RCXML, and 2) the
recommended procedure for extending it in the future as needed. The
delivery date for both shall be six months from the start date for the
TC. The TC may also choose to define specific extensions after
completing the first two deliverables
e. IPR Mode
RF on Limited Terms Mode (as specified in the OASIS IPR Policy)
f. Anticipated audience
The anticipated audience (users) of RCXML will be the developers of
devices that may be controlled remotely, those who would want to create
control instruments or offer control routines or control services for
those devices, and their respective industry and distributor
associations.
g. Language
The TC will conduct its business in English. The TC may elect to form
subcommittees that produce localized documentation of the TC's work in
additional languages.
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The following is non-normative information for the purposes of starting
the TC, and will not be part of the TC's charter.
a. Similar and applicable work
The committee will evaluate and if relevant seek liaison with other
potnetiallt related standards projects including:
-- the OASIS OBIX TC (relating to building device controls)
[*1]
-- Other standards and projects that describe the location and
statefulness of resources on a network, such as the OASIS DCML [*2],
OASIS WSDM [*3] and OASIS WSRF [*4] TCs
-- The Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Forum [*5]
-- Other standards efforts relating to the control of devices, if
identified
[*1]
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/obix/
[*2] http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/dcml-frame/
[*3] http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/wsdm/
[*4] http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/wsrf/
[*5] http://www.upnp.org
b. Anticipated contributions
RCXML Technical Specification ver. 0.5 Rev.1.02
c. Proposed working title / acronym for the specification(s)
RCXML
d. First meeting
Date: Monday, September 19, 2005 (Americas) / Tuesday, September 20, 2005 (Europe-Asia)
Time: 16h00 (4p) Pacific US, 19h00 (7p) Eastern, 01h00 CET/MESZ, 04h30 New Delhi, 08h00 Seoul/JST, 09h00 Sydney
Face to Face or Conference Call: Conference Call
If F2F, location: N/A
Meeting Sponsor: From among co-proposers
e. On-going meeting schedule
It is proposed that the TC would meet by telephone at monthly intervals following the initial meeting; the exact time and date for each subsequent meeting to be specified as part of the business conducted at any meeting. Additional meetings may be scheduled, if needed, by vote of the TC. Sponsors for meetings will be solicited from participating members.
f. Proposers
Young Hwan Huh, Acogito, youngh@acogito.com
Seung-Yun Lee, Electronics Telecommunications Research Institute, syl@etri.re.kr
Dong Pil Lee, Voceweb.com, dplee@voceweb.com
Fred O'Neal, PhD, Acogito, fred@acogito.com
Jason Chung, Ph.D, idisplay.tv, Inc., jason@idisplay.tv
Jung In Choi, Voceweb.com, jic@voceweb.com
g. TC Convener
Fred O'Neal, PhD, Acogito, fred@acogito.com
h. Proposed TC chair or co-chairs
Young Hwan Huh, Acogito, youngh@acogito.com
Fred O'Neal, PhD, Acogito, fred@acogito.com
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