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<DIV>As Ira noted, the WIMS protocol conference call is on Wednesday, 11 January, at 1 PM EST. Agenda items include acceptance of last week's minutes, solicitation and review of PWG last call comments on the spec and schema, and preparation for next week's face-to-face.</DIV>
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<DIV>The the docuements under last call are:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">WIMS Abstract Protocol <FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><FONT size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">(</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-ansi-language: EN"><A href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wims10-20051218.pdf" target=_blank>ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wims10-20051218.pdf</A>.)</SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN lang=EN style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN"> </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><SPAN lang=EN style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN">WIMS</SPAN> Schema </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=3>(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-ansi-language: EN"><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=3> </FONT><A href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/schedule-20051209.xsd" target=_blank><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=3>ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/schedule-20051209.xsd</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=3> - Schedule v0.94<BR> </FONT><A href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/wimsmsg-20051209.xsd" target=_blank><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=3>ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/wimsmsg-20051209.xsd</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><FONT size=3> - WIMS Message v0.20<BR> <! wmfiltered
A href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/wimstype-20051209.xsd"></FONT><A href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/wimstype-20051209.xsd"><FONT size=3>ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/wimstype-20051209.xsd</FONT></A></A><FONT size=3> - WIMS Type v0.40 </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-ansi-language: EN"><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=3> </FONT><A href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/wims-local-20051209.zip" target=_blank><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=3>ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/schemas/wims-local-20051209.zip</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=3> <BR> - ZIP of eight WIMS schema, WSDL/2.0 for WIMS, and release notes )</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-ansi-language: EN"><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-ansi-language: EN"><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=3>For those who may be familiar with the earlier versions of the WIMS Protocol , there have been some significant changes.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>1. New operations were added to allow more traditional manager-initiated queries as well as the Agent initiated operations in the original version.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>2. New and modified sequence example diagrams were added to better illustrate both agent and manager initiated modes.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>3. Instabilities in current WDSL specification made it difficult to include over-the-wire WIMS interaction examples that would hold up. Therefore, the WIMS Protocol Specification was abstracted and divorced from specific bindings. Bindings would be presented in a subsequent document.</FONT></FONT></P></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Callin info is:</DIV>
<DIV> Toll Free: 1-866-365-4406 <BR> International: 00+1+303-248-9655 <BR> Passcode: 2635888# </DIV>
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<DIV>Bill Wagner, Chairman WIMS WG/PWG<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: "McDonald, Ira" <imcdonald@sharplabs.com> <BR><BR>> Hi, <BR>> <BR>> An early reminder that our WIMS Protocol weekly conference call <BR>> has been _permanently_ rescheduled to one hour later: <BR>> <BR>> Wednesday <BR>> 10am PST / 1pm EST <BR>> Toll Free: 1-866-365-4406 <BR>> International: 00+1+303-248-9655 <BR>> Passcode: 2635888# <BR>> <BR>> Our main topic this week will be discussion of review comments from <BR>> the PWG Last Call of the WIMS Abstract Protocol and WIMS Schema. <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 </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>