The IAOC published an RFP for the development of functional specifications for
Remote Participation Services on 19 October
and received six proposals. Many thanks for the thoughtful proposals. The
IAOC is pleased to announce it has awarded the
contract for the development of the specifications to Paul Hoffman. Paul has
previously developed specifications for WG Charter
Tools and Community Draft Tracking Tools.
The purpose of this current project is to develop consensus on a set of
functional specifications for IETF Remote Participation
Services (RPS) to enhance remote participation at IETF meetings, interim and
virtual working group meetings. Work will begin
at the IETF 82 meeting in Taipei and is expected to be completed
by IETF 84.
The specifications shall rely solely upon IETF and other open standards for all
communications and interactions. At a minimum
it is expected that the RPS will support the following real time functionality:
a. audio, bi-directional
b. video, bi-directional
c. instant messaging
d. slide presentations, including by remote attendees
e. whiteboard, for collaborative document development.
f. conference control and moderation
g. transcription and broadcast of audio to text in real-time
h. ability to conduct and participate in straw polls.
More information about the project can be found in the SOW at:
<http://iaoc.ietf.org/documents/RPS-Specifications-RFP-2011-10-19.pdf>.
Community participation is essential to developing good specifications and
ultimately effective remote participation
services for IETF and interim WG meetings. You can expect to see
correspondence from Paul in the coming days and weeks ahead.
We hope you will participate in the process.
Ray Pelletier
IETF Administrative Director
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