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http://www.w3.org/ — 21 Febbraio 2013— Il W3C oggi annuncia il nuovo Automotive and Web Platform Business Group per accelerare l'adozione delle tecnologie Web da parte dell'industria automobilistica. Il gruppo vuole riunire sviluppatori, produttori e fornitori automobilistici, fornitori di browser, operatori e altri soggetti per discutere come migliorare la guida, la sicurezza e l'intrattenimento dei passeggeri con la piattaforma Open Web. Il gruppo dedicherà la prima fase di lavoro alla definizione di una Vehicle Data API che creerà nuove opportunità per i servizi automobilistici via web.
"L'iniziativa API del W3C arriva proprio mentre i produttori stanno gettando le basi per portare i browser nelle macchine mediante mezzi diversi" ha detto Roger C. Lanctot, direttore associato della Global Automotive Practice presso la Strategy Analytics. "I produttori di automobili guarderanno al W3C come aiuto per identificare le buone prassi sulla trasmissione degli aggiornamenti software e la sicurezza, e il lancio del nuovo Business Group fornirà il forum ideale per questi discorsi."
Il W3C ha inizialmente esplorato l'impatto della piattaforma Open Web per l'industria automobilistica al Web and Automotive Workshop nel Novembre 2012. I participanti hanno discussso su come i servizi location-based, una maggiore sicurezza, l'intrattenimento e l'integrazione dei social network potranno andare a beneficio di guidatori e passeggeri. Inoltre, hanno analizzato gli impulsi commerciali per l'adozione della tecnologia Web, come la capacità di attirare i clienti con servizi convenienti e innovativi, di mantenere rapporti con i clienti in essere, di soddisfare le esigenze normative, di gestire pagamenti su piattaforma mobile, ed i costi di sviluppo più bassi.
Le oltre 40 organizzazioni che hanno partecipato a quel confronto hanno espresso ampio consenso al fatto che HTML5 sia una piattaforma interessante per la fornitura di questi servizi riducendo il rischio di soluzioni frammentate. Il nuovo Automotive and Web Platform Business Group riprende da dove il Workshop si era interrotto.
"Gli standard aperti sono essenziali per il successo dell'evoluzione della telematica e dell'infotainment (informazione-spettacolo) all'interno delle auto, e HTML5 offre la piattaforma giusta per realizzare app automobilistiche, per creare servizi innovativi, e permettono alle automobili di diventare cittadini del Web di prima classe", ha detto Andy Gryc, product marketing manager automobilistico presso la QNX Software Systems. "Sono entusiasta di fronte alla prospettiva di contribuire al gruppo e al suo mandato di definire una Vehicle Data API come standard industriale."
I progetti iniziali del nuovo Business Group consistono nel:
Il W3C invita tutte le organizzazioni e le persone interessate a riunire insieme il Web e le industrie automobilistiche insieme ad aderire all'Automotive and Web Platform Business Group.
I Gruppi W3C Business forniscono ai membri W3C e ai non membri un forum vendor-neutral per collaborare allo sviluppo del Web nel breve termine. I Gruppi Business non creano standard W3C, ma sviluppano report, casi d'uso, requisiti, e altre forme di input per il processo di standardizzazione del W3C.
Il World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) è un consorzio internazionale nel quale le organizzazioni membri, uno staff full-time e il pubblico, lavorano insieme al fine di sviluppare gli standard del Web. Il W3C porta avanti la sua missione principalmente attraverso la creazione degli standard del Web e di linee guida concepite per assicurare una crescita del Web a lungo termine. La piattaforma Open Web è è uno degli obiettivi principali del momento. Più di 375 organizzazioni sono Membri del Consorzio. Il W3C è gestito congiuntamente dal MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) negli Stati Uniti, dal European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM) con sede amministrativa in Francia, dalla Keio University in Giappone, e dalla Beihang University in Cina, e ha Uffici in tutto il mondo. Per ulteriori informazioni: http://www.w3.org/
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As we move towards a world where everything is connected, the car will become even more central to an individual’s life than it is today. From our depth of experience in developing connected car solutions, we know the possibilities for the future are infinite. AKQA is proud and excited to be part of the W3C Automotive Business Group. We are looking forward to collaborating with some of the best automotive people in the world: to create and validate standards that will support seamless digital connectivity between the car, driver, passengers and wider.
- Ben Jones, Chief Technology Officer, AKQA
The Web Platform is of great importance for BMW and we are very interested in the possibility of utilizing industry standards within the automotive environment. Furthermore, we believe web technologies will play an important role in the future for us – enabling rapid development of infrastructure and applications by taking advantage of both a proven and robust platform as well as a broad base of developers.
- Maximilian Michel, Domain Architect Browser, BMW AG
The mobile Web has not yet reached our main means of mobility: cars. DFKI regards automotive as key for developing innovative, ubiquitous & productive Car2X services. Via traffic and danger warnings, the standardization of Car2Car communication will also improve traffic flow and safety. And we need a standardized API for seamless integration of automotive infotainment infrastructure and smart, personalized devices.
- Reinhard Karger, Corporate Spokesperson, DFKI
Automobiles are mobile devices too, and the same challenges apply. PayPal and eBay are very pleased to see W3C moving ahead with standards for the 21st century Internet and look forward to participating in this effort. Both in the area of developing new standards and harmonizing globally among multiple competing technologies, W3C has a role to play in the future of connected driving.
- Daniel Austin, Principal Architect, PayPal
Automotive is a new frontier for web services, and their convergence brings rapidly evolving technologies into an automotive industry. As a result, a car driving will become a total life support experience that supports seamless services from home to a car. Furthermore, it will also assist human to live more exciting and sustainable life. On the other hand, safety is the most important requirement, and collaboration of automotive and web industry is necessary for the successful innovation of the life. Therefore, KDDI strongly support the establishment of Web and Automotive Business Group.
- Satoru Takagi, Advisory Committee Representative, KDDI AC Representative
Openstream, as one of the co-authors of the W3C Multimodal Architecture Standard and a contributor to several web speech and open source initiatives, is very pleased to share its expertize in context-aware multimodal technology and collaborate with partners in the automotive industry to promote the application of context-aware multimodal technology and interfaces for bringing web to cars as part of the W3C Automotive and Web Platform Business Group.
- Raj Tumuluri, President, Openstream Inc
As one of the major automotive Tiers 1, Visteon is investigating various technologies to create an appropriate eco-system to speed up the HMI development for his Customers: Visteon has clearly identified that Web technologies can tremendously reduce the time-to-market for automotive solutions. The adoption of HTML5 will definitely contribute in creating quickly apps which will enrich the features set proposed by the OEMs to their Customers.
As a member of GENIVI, Visteon reinforces its strategy to provide Open solutions on his platforms by joining the W3C Automotive and Web Platform Business Group. Through this business group participation, Visteon wants to share his experience and specify his needs taking also into account the efforts already done by the GENIVI domain to correlate both initiatives.
- Pierre Sigrist, Software Manager, Visteon
Vodafone Group R&D is happy to support the new W3C Automotive Business Group. We have been working together with the W3C for a while in activities such as the Web and Automotive Workshop last November in Rome. We believe such activities and this Business Group are key in order to push the adoption of Web technologies in cars and bring automotive applications to the masses. Doing so has the potential of creating new opportunities for developers, service providers and a wealth of choice of car applications for users.
Standardization of a Vehicle API will boost interoperability regardless of manufacturers and enrich automotive applications with vehicle data, which would increase security and user control. We believe the W3C is the right organization to ensure correct design and sandboxing of such an API so that it does not interfere with other vehicle functions; they have already been doing this for years, i.e. standardizing a large number of Web APIs that run securely in the browser's runtime. We look forward to starting collaboration with other industry players through this business group.
- Diana Cheng, Web & Social Media Expert, Internet Standards, R&D, Vodafone Group
Promoting a 'single service for every device' vision, webinos delivers an open source platform that securely connects all user's devices, such as mobile phones, TV sets and in-car units. In that context, webinos was a proud sponsor of the Nov. 2012 W3C Web and Automotive workshop that led to the creation of this exciting newly launched W3C Automotive and Web Business Group.
- Dr. Stephan Steglich, webinos scientific coordinator, Fraunhofer FOKUS