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The common Semantic Model is one of the most widely leveraged products of the PWG in that organizations ranging from Bluetooth to CIP4 have found value in referencing the model directly or deriving from it. A common Semantic Model across the industry makes life easier for all hardware, software and services vendors as they develop internal architectures and products. Here is a short list of activities the SM working group will be involved with in 2005/6 DMTF mapping to CIM Incorporation of WIMS counter semantics into spec and schema Modeling physical subunits Incorporating Printer MIB v2 semantics The PWG Semantic Model working group is at a point where we need to transition the Chairman and Editor. The PWG needs volunteers from our members to serve in these positions. If you have a strong interest in assuring that the common Semantic Model is properly and adequately maintained, please indicate your desire to accept either Chairman or Editor role by sending e-mail to (Replacing "dot" with . and "at" with @): sm"at"pwg"dot"org harryl"at"us"dot"ibm"dot"com ---------------------------------------------- Harry Lewis IBM STSM Chairman - IEEE-ISTO Printer Working Group http://www.pwg.org IBM Printing Systems http://www.ibm.com/printers 303-924-5337 ----------------------------------------------