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Hi John. In response to the DMTF and PWG Alliance Partnership to address alignment between PWG and CIM <a href=http://www.dmtf.org/newsroom/releases/2005_06_14>http://www.dmtf.org/newsroom/releases/2005_06_14</a>, the PWG now has an active group formed under our Web-based Imaging Management Service (WIMS) charter. This group is meeting weekly with 7 members (6 Companies) currently participating. According to the Work Register schedule we are now in the education phase. We want this to be a 2-way dialog between PWG and DMTF so we invite you to join our discussion to whatever degree you feel is appropriate. I will forward, separately, the details and logistics. We need to agree on a process for developing and communicating the DMTF Change Request. I will outline our current thinking below. We are flexible and encourage you to recommend any changes that will better suite the DMTF and help the process go more smoothly. 1. Co-education. Mostly PWG reviewing the CIM Printing schema, model and architecture. Also, PWG providing as much background as desired by the DMTF. 2. PWG will provide print domain expertise and make recommendations in (we anticipate) 3 categories   a. Editorial and Minor Errors   b. Schema Extensions   c. Architecture and Model Issues 3. DMTF will accept written input from PWG and help format this into a formal DMTF Change Request   a. This may be accomplished by providing PWG with a CR template 4. DMTF (John et. al.) will help champion the CR through the DMTF Architecture Committee. Our initial reviews have already identified several editorial changes and one fairly significant architecture item. We recognize that larger issues will require more time to reach an acceptable resolution. We are thinking it may be good to group "category a" findings and run these through on the first CR before moving on to extensions or architecture issues. This will help iron out any kinks in our collaborative process.   We look forward to working with you John! ---------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------