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      <h1>Web Real-Time Communications Working Group</h1>
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        <h2>Mission</h2>
        <p>As defined in its <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/04/webrtc-charter.html">charter</a>, the mission of the Web Real-Time Communications Working Group, created in May 2011, is to define client-side APIs to enable Real-Time Communications in Web browsers.</p>
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        <h2>Action!</h2>

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          <p>On-going actions for participants of the group:</p>
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            <li>Review the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/04/webrtc/wiki/Santa_Clara_F2F_Summary">summary of the Santa Clara F2F</a> (31 Oct - 1 Nov 2011).</li>
            <li>Review <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/04/webrtc/wiki/Main_Page#Use_cases_and_requirements">open questions on use cases and requirements</a> and send comments to the mailing-list.</li>

	    <li>Subscribe to <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-media-capture/">public-media-capture@w3.org</a>, the mailing list where the <code>getUserMedia()</code> API will be developed</li>
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        <h2>Roadmap</h2>
	<p>Latest editors drafts:</p>
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<li><a href="http://dev.w3.org/2011/webrtc/editor/webrtc.html">WebRTC 1.0: Real-time Communication Between Browsers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dev.w3.org/2011/webrtc/editor/getusermedia.html">getUserMedia (Media Capture API)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/dap/raw-file/tip/media-stream-capture/scenarios.html">MediaStream Capture Scenarios</a></li>
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        <p>No deviation from the roadmap specified in the charter as of today.</p>
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	  <li>First Public Working Draft: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-webrtc-20111027/">27 October 2011</a></li>
	  <li>Last Call Working Draft: scheduled for Q2 2012</li>
	  <li>Candidate Recommendation: scheduled for Q4 2012</li>
	  <li>Proposed Recommendation: scheduled for Q4 2012</li>
	  <li>Recommendation: scheduled for Q1 2013</li>
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        <h2>Documents and Logistics</h2>
        <p>The <a href="wiki/">Web Real-Time Communications Working Group's wiki</a> documents ongoing works, draft documents and other working materials and logistics information.</p>
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        <h2>Participate</h2>

        <p>If you are employed by a <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List">W3C Member</a> and want to join this group, please ask your <a href="http://www.w3.org/Member/ACList">Advisory Committee Representative</a> to nominate you to the group as <a href="http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/47318/instructions">explained in the relevant instructions</a>.</p> 
        
        <p>If you are not employed by <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List">W3C Member</a> and have specific expertise to bring to this group, the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/47318/instructions">said instructions</a> explain how to get Invited Expert status.</p> 
        
        <p>See the list of <a href="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/dbwg/details?group=47318&amp;public=1">current participants</a>.</p> 
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        <h2>Communications</h2>

        <p>The main communication channel for this group is the <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webrtc/">publicly archived mailing-list</a> <code>&lt;<a href="mailto:public-webrtc@w3.org">public-webrtc@w3.org</a>&gt;</code>.</p>

	<p>We track open bugs on our specs using <a href="https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/describecomponents.cgi?product=WebRTC%20Working%20Group">the WebRTC Working product on the W3C Bugzilla</a>.</p>

	<p>The joint Media Capture Task Force with the <a href="/2009/dap/">Device APIs Working Group</a>, working on the definition of the <code>getUserMedia()</code> API, uses the <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-media-capture/">publicly archived mailing list</a> <code>&lt;<a href="mailto:public-media-capture@w3.org">public-media-capture@w3.org</a>&gt;</code>.</p>

        <p>Member-confidential messages and logistical discussions can be addressed to the <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-webrtc/">member-only archived mailing-list</a> <code>&lt;<a href="mailto:member-webrtc@w3.org">member-webrtc@w3.org</a>&gt;</code>.</p>
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        <h2>Useful Documents</h2>
        
        <p>Some documents of interest to participants in the Working Group:</p>
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          <li>Latest editor's draft of <a href="http://dev.w3.org/2011/webrtc/editor/webrtc.html">WebRTC 1.0: Real-time Communication Between Browsers</a> (WebRTC document)</li>
          <li>Latest draft of <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-rtcweb-use-cases-and-requirements">Web Real-Time Communication Use-cases and Requirements</a> (WebRTC/RTCWEB joint document)</li>
          <li><a href="http://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/rtcweb/">Real-Time Communication in WEB-browsers</a> IETF group</li>
          <li><a href="http://rtc-web.alvestrand.com/home/meeting-report">Report</a> and <a href="http://rtc-web.alvestrand.com/home/papers">papers</a> from the <a href="http://rtc-web.alvestrand.com/home">RTC Web Workshop</a> held in October 2010.</li>
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        <h2>Meetings</h2>

        <p>The group meets once every 2-3 week on the phone. Please check the mailing-list for logistics information. The next call will happen after the next F2F..</p>

	<p>The next F2F meeting of the group will be colocated with the IETF RTCWEB interim meeting on January 31st-Feburary 1st, in Mountain View, CA, USA: <a href="http://www.w3.org/mid/4F054E9D.2010704@alvestrand.no">logistics</a>.</p>

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          <h3>Past F2F in Santa Clara, USA (Oct/Nov 2011)</h3>
          
          <p>The group held its second F2F meeting on <strong>Monday 31 October and Tuesday 1 November 2011</strong> in <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/11/TPAC/#Hotel">Santa Clara, USA</a>, during <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/11/TPAC/">W3C TPAC 2011</a>: <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/04/webrtc/wiki/October_31_-_November_1_2011">agenda</a>, <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/10/31-webrtc-minutes.html">Minutes day 1/2</a> and <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/11/01-webrtc-minutes.html">Minutes day 2/2</a>, <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/04/webrtc/wiki/Santa_Clara_F2F_Summary">summary</a>.</p>
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          <h3>Past F2F in Quebec City, Canada (July 2011)</h3>

          <p>The group held its first F2F meeting on <strong>Saturday 23 July 2011</strong>, in Quebec City (<a href="http://www.convention.qc.ca/">Quebec City Convention Centre</a>), Canada, co-located with the <a href="http://www.ietf.org/meeting/81/index.html">IETF 81 Meeting</a>: <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/04/webrtc/wiki/July_23_2011">agenda</a>, <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/07/23-webrtc-minutes.html">minutes</a>.</p>
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        <h2>Patent Policy</h2>
        <p>This group operates under the W3C Patent Policy — see its <a href="http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/47318/status">Patent Policy status</a> for more details.</p>
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          Harald Alvestrand, Stefan Håkansson, co-Chairs
          <br/>Dominique Hazael-Massieux </a> &lt;<a href="mailto:dom@w3.org">&gt;, W3C Staff Contact
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