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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7232.60"> <TITLE>CIM> Re the inheritance of CIM_PrintQueue from CIM_JobDestination or from CIM_JobQueue</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  This question came up during the last concall.  I did not have the opportunity to raise the question at the CIM Core WG meeting last week.  However, in researching the classes to put the question into an email, I found that the answer is pretty clear.  CIM_JobQueue contains several properties that are not appropriate to CIM_PrintQueue, e.g., MaxTimeOnQueue, MaxJobsOnQueue, and MaxJobCPUTime.  Even ignoring the question of whether one can inherit from an experimental class, I do not think we want to clutter CIM_PrintQueue with such properties.  Analogous ones, maybe, but that's an item for Phase 3.  I propose that we drop the idea of changing the inheritance of CIM_PrintQueue.  rick ---------------------- Richard_Landau(at)dell(dot)com, Stds & System Mgt Arch, CTO Office +1-512-728-9023, One Dell Way, RR5-3 MS 8509, Round Rock, TX 78682 </BODY> </HTML>