June 10, 2020

Owned by Cory Omand
Jul 21, 2020
2 min read

Video Conference Link

Attendance

Cory Omand - WG Chair, Pixar/TWDS
Alan Blevins, Dreamworks
Alex Schwank, Apple
Aloys Baillet, Animal Logic
Andy Biar,  Warner Bros.
Ben Chung-Hoon, Google
Bill Spitzak, Dreamworks Animation
Brian Green, Dreamworks
Carson Brownlee, Intel
Charles Fleche, Rodeo FX
Chris Rydalch, Blue Sky Studios
Daniel Heckenberg, Animal Logic
Dhruv Govil, Apple
Eoin Murphy, Animal Logic
Eric Enderton, NVidia
Francois Lord, Rodeo FX
Gary Jones, Foundry
Gordon Bradley, Autodesk
Henry Vera, DNEG
James Pedlingham, Foundry
Jeff Bradley, Dreamworks
John Hood, SPI
John Mertic, Linux Foundation
Jordan Soles, Rodeo FX
JT Nelson, Pasadena Open Source Consortium/SoCal Blender group
Kimball Thurston, Weta
Larry Gritz, SPI
Lee Kerley, SPI
Mark Elendt, SideFX
Mark Final, Foundry
Mark Tucker, SideFX
Matthew Levine, WDAS
Michael B. Johnson, Apple
Michael Kass, NVidia
Michael Min, Netflix
Niall Redmond, Foundry
Nick Porcino, Pixar
Pilar Molina Lopez, Blue Sky Studios
Pier Paolo Ciarravano, MPC
Robin Rowe, CinePaint
Roman Zulak, SPI
Rory Woodford, Foundry
Sean Looper, AWS
Sean McDuffee, Intel
Serguei Kalentchouk, Apple
Shawn Dunn, Epic Games
Sue Sauer, Sunrise Productions
Richard Lei, Weta
Toby Jones, Walt Disney Animation Studios

Minutes

  • Cory: Note about meeting recordings. Group is happy with current approach: meetings are recorded for reference but recordings not published or broadcast.

  • Action item follow-up [0:00-0:10]

    • Contribution guidelines for knowledge base

    • CoryO: current github repo requires DCO signoff for commits. Is this too restrictive?

    • JohnM: Best practice in other groups is to treat documentation as software via markdown etc. with contribution licences etc. This is particularly important for materials that may need to be shared.

    • MichaelK: This will create friction for small and frequent contributions. Has USD team given a position on whether it would be acceptable to have a more broadly edited (and possibly occasionally inaccurate) wiki?

    • CoryO: USD team intends to expand documentation with versioning against USD releases, including FAQ. They are happy to have a companion, public FAQ / knowledge base.

    • CoryO: Is Creative Commons a suitable licence?

    • JohnM: Have to ensure the IP model is compatible with ASWF.

  • Platform for contribution (github wiki, something else?)

    • JohnM: Has now switched github wiki permissions to allow public edits

  • Knowledge Base Category Brainstorming (Alan) [0:10-0:40]

  • Closing/Action Items [0:40-0:50]

Action Items

  • IPython/Jupyter notebook integration (JT)

  • Take a stab at github wiki categories (Cory)

  • Contribution license (CC) on front page of wg-usd (Cory/John)

  • Samples/notebooks area in the repo (Cory)

  • Integrate build club and other resources into wg-usd KB wiki (Nick)

License: CC BY 4.0, Copyright Contributors to the ASWF USD working group.