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<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"><FONT color=#000000>The next CIM alignment/WIMS Counter MIB concall is at the new time of Noon EST on Thursday, 12 April. This is immediately <SPAN class=419062719-02042007>AFTER the 8am PDT / 11am EDT time slot shared by PMP, </SPAN><SPAN class=419062719-02042007>IPP, and SM telecons.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Dial In: 1-866-365-4406 <BR>Toll <FONT color=#000000>#:</FONT> 1-303-248-9655 <BR>Passcode: 2635888# </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Agenda </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">1. Review of the Minutes of the last conference call:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><A href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/minutes/cim_070405.pdf" target=_blank>ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/minutes/cim_070405.pdf</A></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">2. Consideration of consensus on ordered <FONT color=#000000>list of CIM MOF classes. PLEASE Submit your preferred ordering. See copy of Ira's request below.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><FONT color=#000000></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><FONT color=#000000>3. Consideration of Ira's first working draft of Counter MIB v2 at:<BR><BR> <A href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscountmib20-20070331.mib">ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscountmib20-20070331.mib</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><FONT color=#000000> - ASN.1 only - compiles without warnings in Epilogue and SMICng<BR><BR> <A href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscountmib20-20070331.pdf">ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscountmib20-20070331.pdf</A><BR> - PDF - color-highlighted ASN.1 of MIB</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><FONT color=#000000>See Ira's Summary below</P>
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<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Request for <FONT color=#000080>ordered </FONT><FONT color=#000000>list of CIM MOF classes</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><FONT color=#000000>Background: As a result of the slow CIM Core WG process, we urgently<BR>need to reach concensus on the ORDER in which we will model the tables<BR>from the Printer MIB (RFC 1759/3805) into CIM MOF classes, as described<BR>in Rick Landau's document :</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><FONT color=#000000><A href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/cim/td_PrintClassGroupings_v09_20070208.pdf">ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/cim/td_PrintClassGroupings_v09_20070208.pdf</A><BR><BR> Below is Ira's ordered list of CIM MOF classes:<BR><BR>(0) CIM_PrintOutputTray - prtOutputTable - done - in progress at DMTF<BR>(1) CIM_PrintInputTray - prtInputTable - done - not submitted to DMTF<BR>(2) CIM_PrintMarker - prtMarkerTable - done - not submitted to DMTF<BR>(3) CIM_PrintChannel - prtChannelTable - done - not submitted to DMTF<BR>(4) CIM_PrintSupply - prtMarkerSuppliesTable<BR>(5) CIM_PrintDeviceCover - prtCoverTable<BR>(6) CIM_PrintAlertLog - prtAlertTable<BR>(7) CIM_PrintAlertRecord - prtAlertEntry<BR>(8) CIM_PrintMediaPath - prtMediaPathTable<BR>(9) CIM_PrintInterpreter - prtInterpreterTable<BR>(10) CIM_PrintColorant - prtMarkerColorantTable<BR>(11) CIM_PrintConsoleLight
- prtConsoleLightTable<BR>(12) CIM_PrintConsoleDisplayBuffer - prtConsoleDisplayBufferTable<BR>(13) CIM_Printer - prtGeneralTable - last - depends on all other classes<BR>--------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV></FONT></SPAN>
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<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><FONT color=#000000>Summary of Counter MIB V2 features<BR>(1) Counter MIB v2 supports monitoring of the counters and state of all<BR> imaging services and subunits independent of any other MIB (but<BR> coherent with Printer MIB, Finisher MIB, and Host Resources MIB).<BR><BR>(2) Counter MIB v2 resolves the main problem of MFP alerts (ambiguity<BR> about which services are affected when a given subunit has a fault).<BR><BR>(3) Counter MIB v2 adds objects to three existing tables and adds one<BR> new table, so it must pass through the full PWG Process: Initial,<BR> Interim, Prototype, Stable, PWG Last Call, and PWG Formal Vote.<BR><BR>(4) Counter MIB v2 is 100% backward compatible with Counter MIB v1 (all<BR> new objects have new compliance groups).<BR></DIV></FONT></SPAN></body></html>