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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7232.60"> <TITLE>CIM> A few notes from today's concall with CIM Core WG</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  The concall today went reasonably well, and we got much more than our allotted fifteen minutes of fame.  Still didn't quite get thru it all, but close.  Comments that I heard and noted during the discussion. - Adding properties to PrintService, no problem.  Deprecating properties is harder.  We may get pushback from some people who have already implemented them, like parts of IBM or HP.  - Need to find out what the history of the changes was.  It's their impression that all the changes were made on behalf of PWG by some champion in Core.  John Crandall will get hold of Steve Jerman. - For some items such as consoles, covers, channels, maybe counters, it will likely be better to write a profile that describes how to use existing classes to model these items.  Need to check on the availability of suitable existing classes.  - Language interpreter might be modeled with SoftwareIdentity; not entirely clear.  - For some items, we can probably use the Capabilities and Settings classes and mechanism already in CIM.  [Might be reasonable for paper sizes, media paths, trays.] - We should take a look at the Profile User's Guide for guidance.  [I'll try to find it.] Overall, the topic ended very abruptly and I felt left hanging.  We need a working contact or two within Core who can do the education back and forth about CIM and Printers.  We need to look at doing the editorial changes as "low hanging fruit first."  We need to discuss process.  They did not seem to disagree with the scope, but the next steps were not clear to me.  Harry, Ira, et al., do you understand better how to proceed?  rick ------------------------- Richard_Landau(at)dell(dot)com, System Mgt Arch & Stds +1-512-728-9023, One Dell Way, RR5-3 Box 8352, Round Rock, TX 78682 </BODY> </HTML>