IPP Mail Archive: IPP> Charter for XHTML-Print Working Group

IPP> Charter for XHTML-Print Working Group [plain text]

From: McDonald, Ira (imcdonald@sharplabs.com)
Date: Tue Feb 27 2001 - 21:59:44 EST

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    Hi folks,

    Below is the proposed charter in plaintext, for those without
    access to MS-Word.

    Cheers,
    - Ira McDonald, consulting architect at Sharp and Xerox
      High North Inc

    -----Original Message-----
    From: don@lexmark.com [mailto:don@lexmark.com]
    Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 1:55 PM
    To: Myles Lawrence
    Cc: pwg-announce@pwg.org
    Subject: RE: PWG-ANNOUNCE> Charter for XHTML-Print Working Group

    There was a typo in the link. It should be:

    ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/xhtml-print/charter/XHTML-Print-Charter-01.doc

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    Charter Proposal For XHTML-Print

    Abstract
    This project will specify a simple XHTML based data stream suitable for
    printing as well
    as display. It is expected to be largely based on the W3C’s XHTML Basic
    with the
    addition of cascading style sheets (CSS). Its targeted usage will be for
    printing in
    environments with lightweight and other simple clients that do not have the
    ability to
    install a printer specific driver.

    XHTML-Print will be designed to be implementable in low-cost printers that
    may not
    have a full-page buffer and that generally print from top-to-bottom,
    left-to-right with the
    paper in a portrait orientation. For other printers (i.e. those that print
    in another direction
    or orientation) a full-page buffer may be required.

    XHTML-Print should not be used when strict layout consistency and
    repeatability are
    required. The design goal of XHTML-Print is to provide a relatively simple,
    broadly
    supportable print datastream where content preservation and reproduction are
    the goal,
    i.e. “Content is King.” More traditional printer datastreams such as
    PostScript or PCL
    are more suitable when strict layout control is required.

    This project will also create a set of conformance criteria for XHTML-Print.

    Milestones
    Charter Stage
    Charter Proposal
    March 2001
    Requirements Statement
    April 2001
    Charter Formal Approval
    March 2001
    Requirements Formal Approval
    April 2001
    Proposal Stage
    Proposed Draft Standard Last Call
    Q2 2001
    Proposed Standard Last Call
    Q3 2001
    Proposed Standard Formal Approval
    Q3 2001
    Specification Stage
    Begin Drafts
    Q4 2000
    Draft Standard Last Call
    Q2 2001
    Draft Standard Formal Approval
    Q2 2001
    Related Documents
    Requirements Document: TDB
    Officers
    Chair:
    Don Wright
    Lexmark
     don@lexmark.com

    Secretary:
    TBD

    Major Contributors/Editors:
    ? Don Wright (Lexmark)
    ? Melinda Grant (HP)
    ? Peter Zehler (Xerox)
    ? Jun Fujisawa (Canon)
    Mailing Lists
    General Discussion: TBD

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    Archive: ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/xhtml-print
    XHTML-Print Charter Proposal
    F.D. Wright
    Printer Working Group

    Printer Working Group
    February 27, 2001
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