PMP> RE: Comments on draft-ietf-printermib-mib-info-05.txt

PMP> RE: Comments on draft-ietf-printermib-mib-info-05.txt

Gocek, Gary GGocek at crt.xerox.com
Thu Aug 3 14:32:13 EDT 2000


Without having actually opened the document for editing, I'd say that these
items look do-able, to be released next week, after the 'last call' period
ends.

Gary Gocek, Xerox Corp.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Bergman [mailto:rbergma at hitachi-hkis.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 9:45 PM
> To: ggocek at crt.xerox.com
> Cc: pmp at pwg.org
> Subject: Comments on draft-ietf-printermib-mib-info-05.txt 
> 
> 
> Gary,
> 
> Although the following items do not affect the technical
> content of the MIB, they may result in a delay when the
> document is reviewed by the IESG or the RFC editor.  I
> would classify all as "nice to have" in the next draft.
> 
> 1. You should add your name to the authors section and
>    to the cover page.  Especially since you completed the
>    final push to get the document completed!
> 
> 2. The table of contents should be single spaced.  I checked
>    several other documents and could not find any with other
>    than a single spaced table of contents.
> 
> 3. There references to the IPP specifications in chIPP(44),
>    as indicated using square brackets.  The corresponding
>    entries are not in the references section (section 10),
>    but rather included at the end of this Textual
>    Convention entry.  It would be best to move these to
>    section 10.  One of the comments on the Job MIB was there
>    was too much specification type information in the
>    comments section of the MIB.  This TC entry has over 2
>    pages of specification in the comments!
> 
> 4. Some of the references in chIPP(44) do not have square
>    brackets and should be changed.  For example, "see RFC
>    2565/2566"  S/B  "see [RFC2565] and [RFC2566]".
> 
> 5. RFCs are presently indicated in three different ways;
>    RFC XXXX, RFCXXXX, and RFC-XXXX.  From the review of
>    other documents, it appears that the format RFCXXXX is
>    used as a pointer to the references section and otherwise
>    the RFC XXXX is used.  Consistency is most important and
>    presently that is missing.
> 
> 6. This is the BIG one!  IETF standards require that the
>    text that follows the lines with paragraph numbers be
>    indented by three characters.  RFC 1759 was formatted
>    per this requirement.  I am not sure if this is a task
>    that the RFC Editor will assume or will he pass the
>    document back to the WG Editor.  (Note that this does
>    not affect the MIB body, but it still a major task.)
>    We could submit as is and see if it is accepted.
> 
> 7. Added by Gary G as a reminder: Check for 65 char margins
>    early in doc.  72 is correct and is used after the TOC.
> 
> 
>  Ron Bergman
>  Hitachi Koki Imaging Solutions



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