XCON WG IETF-64 Meeting

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XCON WGIETF-64 Meeting
Media Policy templates for XCON
draft-boulton-xcon-media-template-02
Editors Chris Boulton (cboulton_at_ubiquity.net) U
mesh Chandra (Umesh.Chandra_at_nokia.com)

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Contents

• Introduction
• Document Overview
• Way Forward
• Comments/Questions

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Introduction - General

• XCON Conference Framework defines a Conference
  Object
• Conference Object consists of-
• Common Conference Information
• Conference Templates
• Conference Blueprint is a combination of the
  above (as per XCON Conference Framework)
• Common Conference Info Template

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Introduction - General

• What is a Template?
• Defines the media of a conference
• Media controls for participants
• Media mixing rules for the mixer
• Defines Controls (e.g. Mute, Pause, Layout)
• Enable/Disable capability
• Support for Floor
• Multiple scenario support in single Template XSD
• Avoid template explosion

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Introduction - General

• What is a Blueprint?
• Specifies Conference settings Common Conference
  Information Templates
• It is an XML file (based on Template XSD)

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Document Overview

• Current version consists of -
• Schemas/blueprints for common conference
  scenarios
• Basic-Audio
• Basic-Video
• Basic-Text
• Basic-Audio-Video
• Placeholders for other schemas/blueprints
• Advanced-Audio
• Advanced-Video
• Multimedia

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Open Issues/Discussion

• Need to agree on the functionality boundaries for
  templates
• E.g. Controls contained in Basic-Audio/Advanced-Au
  dio
• Need input from the WG
• Single Namespace vs Namespace per template
  (Inside or out discussion)

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Way Forward

• Need to align draft draft-jennings-xcon-media-con
  trol
• Cover wider range of templates in next version
  (as discussed in Conference Scenario document)
• Advanced Audio, Multimedia etc.
• Collapse templates to reduce repetition
• Complete currently listed templates
• Input required from XCON WG

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Comments/Question?