The mission of the Points of Interest Working Group, part of the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity, is to develop technical specifications for the representation of "Points of Interest" information on the Web. Points of Interest data has many uses, including augmented reality browsers, location-based social networking games, geocaching, mapping, navigation systems, and many others. In addition, the group will explore how the AR industry could best use, influence and contribute to Web standards.
Join the Points of Interest Working Group.
| End date | 31 December 2011 |
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| Confidentiality | Proceedings are public |
| Initial Chair | Andrew Braun, Sony Ericsson |
| Initial Team Contact | Matt Womer, W3C/ERCIM (FTE %: 20) |
| Usual Meeting Schedule | Teleconferences: Weekly
Face-to-face: 2-3 per year |
The Points of Interest (POI) Working Group will develop a specification for representing Points of Interest, including common properties such as the name, location and shape, while also ensuring extensibility.
For the purposes of this Working Group, a "Point of Interest" is defined simply as an entity at a physical location about which information is available. For example, the Taj Mahal in India is a point of interest, located at 27.174799° N, 78.042111°E (in the WGS84 geodetic system). Additional information could be associated with it, such as: it was completed around 1653, has a particular shape, and that it is open to visitors during specific hours.
Points of Interest information is used in a wide variety of applications such as: augmented reality ("AR"), mapping and navigation systems, geocaching, etc. This group will primarily focus on POI use within AR applications but will strive to ensure reusability across applications. (Note: For the purposes of this charter, the term "augmented reality" is used to refer to applications that combine a view of the physical world with information.)
The objective of the POI WG is to develop a Recommendation that defines a POI data format that allows digital content publishers to effectively describe and efficiently serve points of interest data. In addition, the WG may develop additional Recommendations and Notes that extend the format for particular use cases, such as AR. The WG is also expecting to produce Notes about augmented reality and how best to re-use and/or influence current and future W3C Recommendations.
The POI WG will be a success if it produces a Point of Interest format Recommendation that has two or more complete, independent and interoperable implementations.
The Working Group will deliver the following documents:
In addition to the deliverables listed above, the Working Group is intending to produce a test suite for the POI Recommendation, and the AR Vocabulary Note to assist in ensuring interoperability. The WG may also publish use case and requirements, primers and best practices for Points of Interest as Working Group Notes. The Working Group may also explore the Augmented Reality landscape with regards to Web standards and publish these findings as a Working Group Note.
| Note: The group will document significant changes from this initial schedule on the group home page. | ||||||
| Specification | FPWD | LC | CR | PR | Rec | |
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| Points of Interest Recommendation | April 2011 | July 2011 | September 2011 | November 2011 | December 2011 | |
| Points of Interest: Augmented Reality Vocabulary Note | April 2011 | |||||
| Augmented Reality and Web Standards Working Group Note | April 2011 | |||||
This Working Group expects to maintain contacts with at least the following groups and Activities within W3C (in alphabetical order):
The following is a tentative list of external bodies the Working Group should collaborate with:
Effective participation in the AR Working Group is expected to consume one work day per week for each participant.
Participants are reminded of the Good Standing requirements of the W3C Process.
This group primarily conducts its technical work on the public mailing list at public-poiwg@w3.org (archive).
There is also a member-only list to be used for administrative purposes at member-poiwg@w3.org (archive). The member-only list may also be used, at the discretion of the Chair, for discussions in special cases when a member requests such a discussion.
Information about the group (deliverables, participants, face-to-face meetings, teleconferences, etc.) will be available from the Points of Interest Working Group home page.
As explained in the Process Document (section 3.3), this group will seek to make decisions when there is consensus. When the Chair puts a question and observes dissent, after due consideration of different opinions, the Chair should record a decision (possibly after a formal vote) and any objections, and move on.
This Working Group operates under the W3C Patent Policy (5 February 2004 Version). To promote the widest adoption of Web standards, W3C seeks to issue Recommendations that can be implemented, according to this policy, on a Royalty-Free basis.
For more information about disclosure obligations for this group, please see the W3C Patent Policy Implementation.
This charter for the Points of Interest Working Group has been created according to section 6.2 of the Process Document. In the event of a conflict between this document or the provisions of any charter and the W3C Process, the W3C Process shall take precedence.
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