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<DIV><SPAN class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>To
refresh your memory, Paul Danbold (Apple) was going to poll</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>printer vendors about their interest in Micro Job Ticket
interfaces,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>so we
should probably have a status and next steps topic anyway.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Paul
Danbold - are you planning to come to Lexington next month?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
agree we should move further on Transform. I think we're
partly</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>tied
up in the "SOAP or not-SOAP" topic of WIMS. The
abstract</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Transform interface doesn't need to restrict bindings.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>But to
be useful, </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>some explicit Transform binding is
necessary.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
personally favor a "direct XML" binding </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>over
HTTP, just like IPP </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>uses a
"direct binary" </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>binding over HTTP.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Cheers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=310381121-21092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-
Ira</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<P><FONT size=2>Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)<BR>Blue Roof Music
/ High North Inc<BR>PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839<BR>phone:
+1-906-494-2434<BR>email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com</FONT> </P>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Harry Lewis
[mailto:harryl@us.ibm.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 21, 2004 4:45
PM<BR><B>To:</B> McDonald, Ira<BR><B>Cc:</B> 'pwg@pwg.org'<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: PWG> Need a schedule for Lexington (4-6
October)<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I'd like to see if
we can make some progress on formation and direction of TFM. If MJT is stable we
don't need to have that meeting.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>---------------------------------------------- <BR>Harry Lewis <BR>IBM
STSM<BR>Chairman - IEEE-ISTO Printer Working Group<BR>http://www.pwg.org<BR>IBM
Printing Systems
<BR>http://www.ibm.com/printers<BR>303-924-5337<BR>----------------------------------------------
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<TD width="40%"><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><B>"McDonald, Ira"
<imcdonald@sharplabs.com></B> </FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
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<P><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>09/21/2004 02:39 PM</FONT> </P>
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<TD vAlign=top><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>PWG> Need a schedule
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size=2><TT>Hi,<BR><BR>On the PWG web site, the current 2004 schedule
says:<BR><BR>October 4-8: Lexington, KY <BR>4: MJT / TFM<BR>5: WIMS<BR>6:
Plenary / Semantic Model<BR>7: P2600<BR>8: P2600<BR><BR>Are we meeting on Micro
Job Ticket and/or Transform (TFM)? <BR><BR>The updated MJT (with changes
from Montreal) is
at:<BR><BR> ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/BOFs/mjt/tb-mjt10-20040824.htm<BR><BR>I
have not updated the TFM slides or spec for the minor<BR>comments from Montreal.
Should we meet again on TFM and<BR>plan next steps?<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR>-
Ira<BR><BR><BR>Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)<BR>Blue Roof Music /
High North Inc<BR>PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839<BR>phone:
+1-906-494-2434<BR>email:
imcdonald@sharplabs.com<BR></TT></FONT><BR></BODY></HTML>