1. Game Technology Standards Study Group
Bret Wilson
Winter 2009 SAB Meeting
9 December 2008

2. Purpose & Agenda Agenda
Purpose: To provide an update on the Game Technology Standards Study Group.
Agenda
Workshop Report.
Roadmap.
Policies & Procedures.
Wiki.
Issues.
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3. Workshop Report Workshop overview: Key Issues (Standards):
Held 3 Feb 09 in Los Angeles, sponsored by SAB & T&C.
Purpose: to establish a roadmap for game engineering technology standards.
Attendees: GameSIG (Orange County), TFGT.
Key Issues (Standards):
Convincing game tech industry who think we do not need standards.
Working with other standards committees.
Industry outreach.
Key Issues (Technical):
GameSIG (Orange County) feels isolated.
Members are a ready source for game engineering articles.
Relationships with TFGT and other tech committees (Visualization & Graphics TC, Human Interface and Artificial Intelligence, Audio).
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4. Online resources are key and essential to our success.
Roadmap
Milestone
Date
Description
Status
Policies & Procedures
20 Mar
Draft GTSC Policies & Procedures manual for review & comment.
Pending review.
Roadmap
Publish preliminary roadmap.
Resources
May
Identify & acquire IEEE-CS resources for outreach (web community, articles, representation at major game tech events).
On-going/TBD.
GameSIG/TFGT
Jun
Re-engage GameSIG and TFGT; establish collaborative game engineering strategy.
TBD.
Web Portal
Feeder established to Game & Simulation Technology Portal; content posted from GTSC >1x weekly.
Approve P&P
3 Jun
P&P to be reviewed for approval. At <event>..
Pending approval of draft.
Membership
Jul
Select officers; have 2+ members in all domain areas.
On-going.
Candidate PARs
Sep
Identify and draft 3< PAR candidates.
2 incomplete drafts.
Generate PAR
Dec
First PAR submitted NLT EOM Dec.
Not started.
Online resources are key and essential to our success.
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5. Policies & Procedures Draft published online for review & comment.
No issues anticipated.
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6. Wiki Background. Why is it important?
Website established Apr 08: gamestandards.org.
IEEE DNS Jun 08: ieee.gtsc.org.
Listserv & forums established Jul 08.
GameSIG engaged for game standards support: Aug 08.
Online community moved to Liferay (IEEE), Dec 08.
Why is it important?
Where is the online IEEE-CS game tech community?
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7. Wiki Background. Where is the online IEEE-CS game tech community?
Website established Apr 08: gamestandards.org.
IEEE DNS Jun 08: ieee.gtsc.org.
Listserv & forums established Jul 08.
GameSIG engaged for game standards support: Aug 08.
Online community moved to Liferay (IEEE), Dec 08.
Where is the online IEEE-CS game tech community?
TFGT: no online presence.
TCSIM: no online presence.
Game & Simulation Technology portal: content updates?
Why is it important?
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8. Why an Online Community?
Purpose
Examples
Interactivity
Engagement.
Learning.
Build community.
User profiles.
Discussion forums.
In-line commenting.
Collaboration
Working together.
Sharing information.
Communicating updates.
Writing/editing docs.
Shared calendars.
Shared files, links, news.
Team/Unit News
Inform.
Share information.
Build community.
Project updates.
Events.
Milestones.
Organizational News
Support priorities.
Keep staff informed.
Connect the pieces.
New projects.
Notes from Senior Mgt.
Public accolades.
Operational News
Basic information.
Support of daily work.
Business continuity.
New policies.
Network maintenance.
New members.
Core Information
References.
Standards.
Accountability.
Strategic plan.
Members directory.
Policies, guidelines.
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9. Content Generation & Source
Purpose
Examples
Individuals
Interactivity
Engagement.
Learning.
Build community.
User profiles.
Discussion forums.
In-line commenting.
Create
Comment
Tag
Collaboration
Teams
Working together.
Sharing information.
Communicating updates.
Writing/editing docs.
Shared calendars.
Shared files, links, news.
Post
Edit
Update
Team/Unit News
Inform.
Share information.
Build community.
Project updates.
Events.
Milestones.
Organizational News
Centralized
Functions
Support priorities.
Keep staff informed.
Connect the pieces.
New projects.
Notes from Senior Mgt.
Public accolades.
Operational News
Basic information.
Support of daily work.
Business continuity.
New policies.
Network maintenance.
New members.
Search
Find
Read
Core Information
References.
Standards.
Accountability.
Strategic plan.
Members directory.
Policies, guidelines.
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10. Issues [Web] – Enable registration and delegate OU/Community roles.
[Web] – Enable messaging tools.
Notifications/Alerts.
Subscriptions. .
[Web] – Inheritance of content from “game” portals to Game & Simulation Technology portal.
News/Articles.
Events.
Blogs.
Links.
[Web] – Listserv administration.
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11. Conclusion
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