Specification for a virtual humming tool
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SHMOO                                                            M. Duke
Internet-Draft                                          F5 Networks, Inc
Intended status: Informational                               8 July 2020
Expires: 9 January 2021

                Specification for a virtual humming tool
                    draft-duke-shmoo-virtual-hum-00

Abstract

   This is the specification for a virtual humming tool to emulate as
   closely as possible the audible hums used in-person meetings to help
   judge consensus.  This specification is based on feedback provided in
   the survey about virtual humming as well as lived experience with in-
   person hums.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Key attributes of in-person humming . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   3.  Tool specification  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.1.  General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.2.  Opening and closing hums  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.3.  Taking part in a hum  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.4.  After the hum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.5.  Explanatory notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.6.  Implementation notes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4.  Alternative approaches  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.1.  Single level of hum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.2.  More levels of hum  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.3.  No hum indicator  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.4.  Simple result calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     4.5.  Bucket size closer to the formulae  . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     4.6.  Grayscale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   5.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   6.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   7.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   Appendix A.  Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7

1.  Introduction

   This is the specification for a virtual humming tool to emulate as
   closely as possible the audible hums used in-person meetings to help
   judge consensus.  This specification is based on feedback provided in
   the survey [SURVEY] about virtual humming, as well as lived
   experience with in-person hums.  This note does not consider whether
   a better mechanism can be developed for judging consensus in online
   meetings rather than replicating an in-person hum.

2.  Key attributes of in-person humming

   This specification aims to preserve the following attributes of in-
   person humming:

   1.  Participants can hum at different intensities.

   2.  A hum is only ever about one view, such as "agree" or "disagree",
       not both.  There is no way of differentiating between people
       humming at the same time for different things.

   3.  Hums often come in sets of two, but not always.

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   4.  Participants can hear the overall hum, but the identification of
       the hum of any individual is unintentional and not to be