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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Posted an (overlong) agenda for the face-to-face meeting </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- in the wiki at </FONT><A HREF="http://pwg-wiki.wikispaces.com/PDM+F2F+October+2007+Agenda"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://pwg-wiki.wikispaces.com/PDM+F2F+October+2007+Agenda</FONT></U></A>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- on the FTP site at </FONT><A HREF="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/pdm/wd/agenda-f2f-200710.doc"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/pdm/wd/agenda-f2f-200710.doc</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">And here it is, too. It is too long, I think, but we will try to get thru most of it. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">rick</FONT>
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<BR><B><FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Arial">Agenda for Face-to-Face Meeting 17-18 October 2007, Austin, TX, USA</FONT></B>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Wed., 17 Oct. 2007, 9AM-5PM, Dell Technical Briefing Center, Austin, TX</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">Thurs, 18 Oct. 2007, 9AM-3PM, Marriott Residence Inn, Round Rock, TX</FONT>
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<P><B><I><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Agenda:</FONT></I></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">What is left to do for v1 draft?</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">· </FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Arial">Group-status spreadsheet: </FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">· Groups, owners</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">1 </FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">Mandatory vs optional properties: are they sorted reasonably?</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">2 Are groups clean w.r.t. latest template and syntax?</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">3 Edits remaining to be done</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">4 Schedule for edits and rebuild</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">· How to publish v1 draft for review</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">· Short white paper about why</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">1 </FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">MIB text file</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">2 Slide show?</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">3 What avenues can we use for publicity?</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">· Draft statements for reviewers about mandatory and optional properties and groups</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">1 </FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">Interoperability testing</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">· Who is doing prototypes or early implementations?</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Detailed review of current state</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">· </FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Arial">MIB text</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">1 What lengths and contents for mandatory strings?</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">2 Cleaning up XML group definitions</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">· DefaultValues</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">1 </FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">Definition clauses</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">2 Optionality</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">3 Availability</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">· Review Alert group</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Remaining technical items</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">· </FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Arial">What goes into DisplaySettings group?</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">1 Rationalizing property names to minimize misunderstanding: </FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">· ReplacementCount vs Cycle or Number</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">1 </FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">ReplacementInterval vs Cycle</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">2 Not repeating group name in property name</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">3 Projector vs Device, except where "projector" is really required</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">· List of display technologies, display types, for inventory properties</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">1 </FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">List of interface connectors</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">2 Need overall temperature status?</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">3 Time formats: </FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">· XML format for date/time?</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">1 </FONT> <FONT FACE="Arial">PowerOnCount plus sysUptime as a backup?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">----------------------</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Richard_Landau(at)dell(dot)com, Stds & System Mgt Architecture, CTO Office</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">+1-512-728-9023, One Dell Way, RR5-3, MS RR5-09, Round Rock, TX 78682</FONT>
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