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

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

McDonald, Ira imcdonald at sharplabs.com
Tue Feb 27 21:59:44 EST 2001


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 at lexmark.com [mailto:don at lexmark.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 1:55 PM
To: Myles Lawrence
Cc: pwg-announce at 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 at 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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