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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1522" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Hi,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>The next CIM alignment  concall is at 2PM EST on Thursday, 9 March.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dial In: 1-866-365-4406 Toll #: 1-303-248-9655 Passcode: 2635888# </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Cheers,</DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>- Ira</DIV></DIV> Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect) Blue Roof Music / High North Inc PO Box 221  Grand Marais, MI  49839 phone: +1-906-494-2434 email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: owner-wims@pwg.org [mailto:owner-wims@pwg.org]On Behalf Of wamwagner@comcast.net Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 4:07 PM To: 'wims@pwg.org' Subject: WIMS> CIM - 9 Mar Conference call at 2 PM EST </DIV> <DIV>We will have a CIM alignment conference call on this Thursday. Subjects are acceptance of the last call's minutes, progress report on the phase 1 CR and recent communications on Phase 2 approach.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bill Wagner Chairman WIMS WG/PWG</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- From: "McDonald, Ira" <imcdonald@sharplabs.com> > Hi Rick, > > [copied WIMS mailing list, to get comments from other people] > > Your list of dispositions for dubious/ambiguous/misplaced properties > in CIM_Printer class for Phase 2 looks fine to me. > > Note that in the latest version of my CIM Refresh document, I did > specifically change the Description clauses for Horizontal/Vertical > to clarify their relationship to the (already aligned) Printer MIB > and IPP attributes. > > Since I haven't started on the Phase 1 changes for other classes, > I'm not sure what we may find there for Phase 2. > > I plan to start on Phase 1 for CIM_PrintService this week. > > I'm also trying to get a working WSDL/1.1 fo! r WIMS together, so I > may be a little slow with the CIM work. > > Cheers, > - Ira > > > Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect) > Blue Roof Music / High North Inc > PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839 > phone: +1-906-494-2434 > email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard_Landau@Dell.com [mailto:Richard_Landau@Dell.com] > Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 11:06 AM > To: imcdonald@sharplabs.com > Subject: FW: Work items for phase 2. > > > Ira, just in case you didn't have enough to do to stave off > boredom :-) , here's a fun distraction. > > I propose the following approximate list of things to do in the > PWG-CIM alignment phase 2. Please complete the list with any items > that you notice are missing. And suggest how we shall divvy these up. > > rick ! > -------------------------------------------------- &g! t; & gt; PWG-CIM alignment, phase 2 > > 1. Deprecate properties that cannot be implemented interoperably. > > CurrentPaperType > CurrentLanguage > CurrentMimeType > CurrentCapabilities > > > 2. Move (deprecate and add) some properties from CIM_Printer to > CIM_PrintService. > > MaxCopies > DefaultCopies > MaxNumberUp > DefaultNumberUp > MaxSizeSupported > > > 3. Improved explanations for other ambiguous properties, whatever > ones we didn't get in phase 1. > > For instance, longer explanations in CIM_Printer.HorizontalResolution > and Vertical Resolution about how these should be derived from SNMP > correspondence or from common sense in the case of non-SNMP printers. > > HorizontalResolution > VerticalResolution > (Do we want to fix the non-metric units for these properties?) <BR!>> > CurrentCharSet > CurrentNaturalLanguage > (These are really DefaultXxxx but badly named.) > > Include semantic descriptions of > - their impact on the operation of the printer; > - how their values are changed; > - when a changed value takes effect. > > > Close? > rick > ---------------------- > Richard_Landau(at)dell(dot)com, System Mgt Arch & Stds > +1-512-728-9023, > One Dell Way, > RR5-3 MS 8509, > Round Rock, TX 78682 </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>