[kNews] Real World in dialogue, W3C on interoperability...

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Dear All,

One giant leap for Kendra... our first dialogue with a big name in the 
music industry.
 

1. Real World exploratory discussions begin
2. Thanks to the Kendra Outreach Team
3. Tim Berners-Lee (W3C) and Rob Glaser (RealNetworks) on interoperability

1. REAL WORLD EXPLORATORY DISCUSSIONS BEGIN

On Monday 6th June we had a top level meeting with Real World ( 
http://realworld.on.net ) in Bath, UK. Real World is an interesting group: 
there's the record label, studios, multimedia production, global WOMAD 
festivals and much more. We had a real good chat with their top people. We 
explored synergy between Kendra and MUDDA (Magnificent Union of Digitally 
Downloading Artists http://www.mudda.org ). And chatted about the state of 
the music and media industries. The meeting ended with us all saying that 
we should have more chin wags. So that's nice.
 

This is a big opportunity for Kendra Initiative. There is much potential 
benefit to both organisations here. As indeed there is benefit to all in 
the music industry from what Kendra has to offer - an open global digital 
media marketplace. I look forward to the continuing discussions with Real 
World.
 

Please note that Real World, and any associated projects or people, is not 
endorsing or supporting Kendra Initiative in any way. All we are doing is 
having exploratory discussions at this stage.
 

2. THANKS TO THE KENDRA OUTREACH TEAM

A big thank you for all the efforts of the Kendra Outreach Team for putting 
the Real World meeting together. As you know it is that team's mission to 
go out into the big wide world and strike up dialogue with big names across 
the industry. If you have access to the ear of big names then why not see 
if Kendra piques their interest? You never know, they may thank you for the 
introduction.
 

We aim to bring you more big names soon ( 
http://www.kendra.org.uk/wiki/wiki.pl?Celebrities ). If you want to be part 
of the Kendra Outreach Team (participating in the continuing Real World 
dialogues and initiating other big name dialogues) then join the Kendra 
Framework email discussion list and make your introduction.
 

3. TIM BERNERS-LEE (W3C) AND ROB GLASER (REALNETWORKS) ON INTEROPERABILITY

In May I found myself in Japan attending W3C's 14th annual conference. 
There was much talk about the semantic web and how it will join all our 
disparate information resources and services together. I can't wait. I made 
loads of great contacts for Kendra. There was much interest and support 
with what we are doing with Kendra Base - our collaborative design tool.
 

Some interesting snippets on interoperability: Tim Berners-Lee (W3C's 
founder) called for the "Independence of the communication from the 
provider of software" i.e. de-coupling content from the application. Rob 
Glaser (CEO of RealNetworks), in his keynote speech, called for open source 
DRM. The idea behind this is to have interoperable DRM - no matter which 
vendor your content comes from, it will play on the media device of your 
choice. Great stuff. You can see a little more here:
 
http://www.kendra.org.uk/wiki/wiki.pl?Www2005Notes

More news soon (of course)...

Cheers Daniel

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