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<font size=3>Keith,<br>
<br>
SWAP
(</font><a href="http://people.netscape.com/kswenson/SWAP/charter.html" eudora="autourl"><font size=3 color="#0000FF"><u>http://people.netscape.com/kswenson/SWAP/charter.html</a></font></u><font size=3 color="#000000">
)<br>
<font size=3>is a project with much similarity to IPP. <br>
<br>
It uses HTTP, but has special methods and encodes its parameters in
XML.<br>
It is for workflow management, but it has a set of operations that are
<br>
rather similar to IPP (see below). The SWAP web page list you,
Keith Moore, <br>
as one of the area directors.<br>
<br>
<font size=3>The following text comes from the SWAP charter:<br>
<br>
<font size=3> "The purpose of working group is to
provide a simple HTTP based way to <br>
invoke, monitor, control, and be informed about a generic
asynchronous <br>
service. <br>
<br>
<font size=3> The <font size=3>protocol defines: <br>
<br>
</font><font face="Symbol" size=3><x-tab> </x-tab>·<x-tab> </x-tab></font><font size=3>a
standard way to invoke a generic service, which returns an instance ID
<br>
<br>
<font size=3> Then, using the ID, the protocol defines how to
<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Symbol" size=3><x-tab> </x-tab>·<x-tab> </x-tab></font><font size=3>get
the current status of that instance of the service, <br>
</font><font face="Symbol" size=3><x-tab> </x-tab>·<x-tab> </x-tab></font><font size=3>give
that instance of the service data values <br>
</font><font face="Symbol" size=3><x-tab> </x-tab>·<x-tab> </x-tab></font><font size=3>pause
or resume that instance of the service <br>
</font><font face="Symbol" size=3><x-tab> </x-tab>·<x-tab> </x-tab></font><font size=3>retrieve
preliminary results of that instance of the service <br>
</font><font face="Symbol" size=3><x-tab> </x-tab>·<x-tab> </x-tab></font><font size=3>register
an address to receive event notifications from the service <br>
</font><font face="Symbol" size=3><x-tab> </x-tab>·<x-tab> </x-tab></font><font size=3>receive
events from that instance of the service "<br>
<br>
<font size=3>What are your thoughts about SWAP? Are they going to
be allowed to <br>
use an http scheme? <br>
<br>
Bob Herriot</font><br>
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