XP Mail Archive: XP> CSS Print Profile Issues as of January

XP> CSS Print Profile Issues as of January 6, 2003

From: BIGELOW,JIM (HP-Boise,ex1) (jim.bigelow@hp.com)
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 19:37:27 EST

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    Hello,

    The January 7, 2003 release of the CSS Print Profile specification
    (http://www.pwg.org/xhtml-print/HTML-Version/CSS-Print.html) has three
    unresolved issues, shown below. This message discusses the three issues in
    the hope of resolving them as soon as possible.

    Unresolved Issues:
    ===================

    1. Should enhancements requested by Digital TV groups be added to the
    Enhanced Layout enhancement set or become a new, separate enhancement set?
    http://www.pwg.org/xhtml-print/minutes/Minutes-November-2002.html#dtv
    Status:
    Add dtv enhancements to existing enhancement set:
     Supported by:
      Kazuyuki MURATA, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co,.LTD.(PANASONIC)
      Elliot Bradshaw, Oak
      Don Wright, Lexmark

    Discussion: This enhancement request adds a requirement for new
    functionality and cannot be resolved before the next face-to-face meeting of
    the PWG on January 20, 2003. One tactic is to release a "frozen" version of
    the spec. before enhancements are added to the existing enhancement set --
    effectively creating two versions of the enhanced layout extension set --
    which is the equivalent to just defining two, separate enhancement sets.

    The major question is then, if the dtv extensions will be added to the spec
    and required of enhanced layout printers, should that happen now and if not
    now when?

    2. Border-spacing property of enhanced layout not effective,
    ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/www/hypermail/xp/0098.html
     Supports requiring support of the border-collapse property
      Jim Bigelow, HP
      Elliott Bradshaw, Oak
      Don Wright, Lexmark

    Discussion: This issue effectively clarifies if an enhanced layout printer
    must support both the separate and collapsed borders model of table
    formatting. This may be new functionality, or something that companies
    using the .95 version specification
    (ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/xhtml-print/drafts/xhtml-print-draft-095.pdf)
    have already investigated and dealt with and this is just a clarification.
    For HP it's a clarification.

    Question: Does anyone have an objection to adding this to spec before the
    Jan 20th meeting?

    3. Addition of Attribute Selectors: E[Attr] and E[Attr=val],
    ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/www/hypermail/xp/0102.html
     Supports only adding E[Attr]:
       Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products

     Supports adding E[Attr] and E[Attr=val]
       Jim Bigelow, HP
       Elliott Bradshaw, Oak

     Supports adding E[Attr] and E[Attr=val] in the enhancement set
       Harry Lewis, IBM
       Don Wright, Lexmark

    Discussion: this issue has been contentious since the last face-to-face
    meeting. Is there anymore discussion before we yield to the chair of the
    working group, Don Wright, to determine how to determine the resolution of
    this issue?

    Jim Bigelow,
    Editor: XHTML-Print & CSS Print Profile
    IEEE, Printer Working Group
    http://www.pwg.org/xhtml-print
    Hewlett-Packard
    208-396-2068
    jim.bigelow@hp.com



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