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 -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- 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 <[email protected]> Antwort an: SMuFL Discussion <[email protected]> An: SMuFL Discussion <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. All the best, Daniel Spreadbury - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, Frankenstrasse 18b, D-20097 Hamburg, Germany Phone: +49 (40) 21035-0 | Fax: +49 (40) 21035-300 | www.steinberg.net President: Andreas Stelling | Managing Director: Hiroshi Sasaki, Hirofumi Osawa Registration Court: Hamburg HRB 86534 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
