Fwd: [smufl-discuss] SMuFL development moves to the new W3C Music Notation Community Group

[Urs Liska]

This has been around on a few channels, but I'd like to forward it to
this place too.

Development of MusicXML and SMuFL is moved from two commercial companies
to a W3C community group.

This is definitely a big step and will change a few things. However, I'm
not fully convinced it is a good thing _only_. What I'm stumbling over
is that they claim authority on "Music notation" although they actually
are dealing with encoding specifications. What this might lead to is
that a possibly upcoming "web standard for music notation" is reduced
(or "occupied") to MusicXML (and to a lesser extent SMuFL), forcing any
alternatives to be even more marginal than they are now.

Anyway, it's probably better to participate in this development than to
ignore it, so I suggest considering to join that group.

Best
Urs


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Betreff:        [smufl-discuss] SMuFL development moves to the new W3C Music
Notation Community Group
Datum:  Wed, 29 Jul 2015 12:44:43 +0200
Von:    Daniel Spreadbury <address@hidden>
Antwort an:     SMuFL Discussion <address@hidden>
An:     SMuFL Discussion <address@hidden>



Dear SMuFL community,

Yesterday marked the launch of the new W3C Music Notation Community
Group. Steinberg and MakeMusic have agreed to move development of SMuFL
and MusicXML respectively to this new community group. Here are some
resources you can consult for information about this move:

Announcement on the SMuFL web site:
http://www.smufl.org/smufl-development-moves-to-new-w3c-music-notation-community-group/

Introduction on the new W3C Music Notation Community Group web site:
https://www.w3.org/community/music-notation/2015/07/27/introducing-the-music-notation-community-group/

Announcement on the MusicXML web site:
http://www.musicxml.com/makemusic-transfers-musicxml-development-to-w3c/

If you are interested in continuing to follow and contribute to the
development of SMuFL, please join the new community group as soon as
possible. You will need to agree to the W3C Contributor License
Agreement (CLA) as part of the joining process, which grants the
community the rights to use your contributions in the specifications
that are developed by the group.

To join the community group, go here:

https://www.w3.org/community/music-notation/

Click the "Join this group" button on the right-hand side, under the
"Participants" heading.

If you have any questions, please either post them here, or contact me
directly at address@hidden

All the best,

Daniel Spreadbury



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