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WebRTC Ingest Signaling over HTTPS
charter-ietf-wish-02

Yes

Murray Kucherawy
(Barry Leiba)

No Objection

Erik Kline
(Deborah Brungard)
(Martin Duke)

Note: This ballot was opened for revision 00-01 and is now closed.

Ballot question: "Is this charter ready for external review?"

Murray Kucherawy
Yes
Erik Kline
No Objection
Roman Danyliw
No Objection
Comment (2021-01-20 for -00-01) Not sent
Please eventually drop in milestones.
Éric Vyncke
No Objection
Comment (2021-01-21 for -00-01) Sent
Is SDP "Signaling Description Protocol" or "Session Description Protocol" ? 

Like Alvaro, I would prefer to drop the commercial company names as they bring little to the discussion.

Could the background be more concise ? 

Will the 'product' of this WG be a single document that is a specification  as indicated by "The product of this working group will be a specification" ? If so, could the work be done in another WG ?

We will also need to ensure that this WG is exposed to MOPS WG and vice-versa.
Alissa Cooper Former IESG member
Yes
Yes (2021-01-21 for -00-01) Sent
s/assure/ensure/

As several others have said, it would be helpful to see milestones so that it is clear whether the objective is a single spec or multiple specs.
Barry Leiba Former IESG member
Yes
Yes (for -00-01) Not sent

                            
Alvaro Retana Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (2021-01-20 for -00-01) Sent
I don't object to this work, but the list of companies and tools made me wonder about whether people associated with them will be engaged in this work.  Are they?  A quick look at the wish archive doesn't show much, but the discussion has probably been carried out elsewhere.

In either case, I think it would be a good idea for the charter to only generically talk about the interest in this type of work and not explicitly mention companies/tools.
Benjamin Kaduk Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (2021-01-20 for -00-01) Not sent
(piling on about milestones; nothing to see here)
Deborah Brungard Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (for -00-01) Not sent

                            
Magnus Westerlund Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (2021-01-21 for -00-01) Sent
I am on the verge of a block here. 

So the goal is to establish a one-way media over an WebRTC peer connection between a media producer and a consumer. What isn't clear in this work is who is the intended initiator to this communication. After having looked in draft-imurillo-whip it appears the intention is for the media producer (or its controller) to initiate the HTTP connection to a consumer (or its controller). Where the necessary configuration is established. 

I assume based on signalling the media flow could be reversed so the consumer initates the media establishment, but that is also not clear. Clarifying the high level functionality here in the charter might avoid the need for specifically commenting on screens. Because that would basically work if the consumer can be the initiator and request media to it. 

The other aspect that I realize is missing is the scope of capability negotiation here and preference indication. Defining this from a WebRTC API perspective might be possible but is not clear. What is needed here? What is assumed about third parties creating media profiles for this type of devices?
Martin Duke Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (for -00-01) Not sent

                            
Robert Wilton Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (2021-01-21 for -00-01) Sent
I'm not sure whether this should be part of the charter, but would be helpful for it to specify which version of HTTPS will be targeted, or state a minimum version of HTTPS?