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Greetings: The PWG Standard for Web-based Imaging Management Service V1.0 Abstract Protocol and nine associated XML schema files from the WIMS WG of the Printer Working Group have completed the Last Call process. The Working Draft document and schema are being submitted by the WIMS Working Group chair for a Formal Approval vote by the PWG membership. The Working Draft being submitted can be downloaded at: ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wims10-20060322.pdf The schema files being submitted can be downloaded at: ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/wims-schemas-20060320.zip The list of comments that were addressed as part of the Last Call are located at: ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/WIMS10-LastCallResolutionComments-20060322.pdf INFORMATIVE WSDL files that implement the WIMS Abstract Protocol can be downloaded at the following links: ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/wims-wsdl-20060324.zip     - ZIP of WIMS WSDL/2.0, WIMS WSDL/1.1, and release note ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/Agent-20060324.wsdl     - WIMS Agent Interface WSDL/1.1 v0.20 ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/Manager-20060324.wsdl     - WIMS Manager Interface WSDL/1.1 v0.20 REMINDER THESE WSDL FILES ARE NOT PART OF THE FORMAL VOTE AND ARE PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION ONLY !!! The voting period will open on Wednesday March 29, 2006 and close at 10PM (Pacific Time) on Friday April 21, 2006. Valid votes are: Yes, No, No (with strong objection), Abstain. Any No vote requires that the voter state the reason for the No vote and a description of the changes required to turn the No vote to a Yes. Representatives from PWG member companies are strongly encouraged to submit a vote. To cast a vote, please send an email with the following subject line format: "WIMS Spec. 1.0 Formal Vote-<company name>-<last name of voter>-<yes/no/abstain>" Example:  WIMS Spec. 1.0 Formal Vote-Lexmark-thrasher-yes No votes MUST contain a reason in the body of the email. Please send your vote to the following email addresses: (Replacing "dot" with . and "at" with @): thrasher"at"lexmark"dot"com wamwagner"at"comcast"dot"net harryl"at"us"dot"ibm"dot"com Note: The PWG Definition of the Standards Development Process Version 2.0 located at: ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/process/pwg-process20.pdf has now been adopted and contains new voting requirements. Contact Info. for the Primary and Alternate representatives from PWG member companies will be provided to the working group chair in case "reminder" notices are necessary to meet the voting requirements listed in the process document. Jerry Thrasher PWG Secretary