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Before our PWG Process document conference call, tomorrow (10AM PST, 1PM EST) I would like to surface three new topics which have recently come up. 1. Use and adaptability of PWG schemas in commercial products.     In the past, we have produced mainly specification or best practices type documents which retain the PWG copyright. These standards specifications are used as reference in developing commercial products but the documents are not, themselves, directly incorporated into a product. With XML schemas (and MIBs for that matter) the copyrighted material may be incorporated directly within a product and/or may be extended to obtain derivative works. I know it is our intention that MIBs and PWG schema be used, freely, in this manner... but do we need to make this more explicit in our process documentation or within the schema themselves? 2. Inclusion of a separate Semantic Model section within the PWG Process document.     It might be more effective if we remove the (newly added) SM chapter to a separate document. As important as SM is to PWG, it dilutes the overall process document to highlight one specific effort separately. Also, in breaking it out, we can do a better job of addressing other SM topics such as limits to dynamic access and copyright. 3. Common handling of PWG schema.     As the Semantic Model and its associated schema become widely adopted and leveraged by other standards organizations, we need a formal mechanism for managing our schema through the development phase and into some final durable form and location. We need to respond to this quickly to support the FSG Japan group and their use of our WBMM (Printer MIB derived) schema. The process needs to address not only schema development and directory structure but also schema validation and verification.   ---------------------------------------------- Harry Lewis Chairman - IEEE-ISTO Printer Working Group http://www.pwg.org IBM Printing Systems http://www.ibm.com/printers 303-924-5337 ----------------------------------------------