Greg, do I understand that this is a joint charter between PWGB and PWBC?
A few questions...
1. How are contentious issues to be handled between the two groups. Joint
meetings? Were there any "bylaws" established for approval/disapproval of
specifications.
2. I did not see any mention of an IEEE standard being developed, should
that be in the charter?
3. In listing the two specifications, I did not see a data transport
mentioned. I assume that will need to be developed or adopted.
Regards, Danny Mitchell 1394 Software Development Manager
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At 03:44 AM 4/5/97 PDT, gregory leclair wrote:
> Following is the revised draft of charter which was put together on
> 4/3 to see if we could create a single unified charter between 1394
> PWG and PWG-C
>> Please respond to the list (p1394 at pwg.org) with all comments &
> questions.
>> Greg LeClair
> Chair, 1394 PWG
>> ===================================================================
>>> 1394 Printer Working Group
> Revised Draft Charter - April 3, 1997
>> Current status: Revised charter for 1394 Printer Working Group
> Mailing lists:
> Web Page: http://www.pwg.org/p1394> General Discussion: p1394 at pwg.org> To Subscribe: majordomo at pwg.org> Archive: ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/p1394>> Chair: Greg LeClair
> Secretary: Larry Stein
> Editor: Brian Batchelder
>> Description of Working Group and Goals
>> Purpose:
> IEEE-1394 High Speed Serial Bus enables new and enhanced printing
> applications. Standardization of the 1394 printing
> model(s) grows and extends the printing market and accelerates the
> adoption of the IEEE-1394 standard interface.
>> A benefit of 1394 is the ability of all devices to participate equally
> on the bus. Any device is allowed to inititate direct
> communication with any other device. 1394 printing applications want
> to take advantage of the new capabilities of 1394,
> including:
>> Multiple Asynchronous and Isochronous streams
> Direct device to device communication
> Multiple devices on same bus
> High Bandwidth
>>> Standards for use of these capabilities need to be developed and
> endorsed for use by 1394 printing devices and other 1394
> devices that wish to communicate with them.
>> Scope:
> The 1394 Printer Working Group will be the focal point for the
> development and coordination of a comprehensive printing
> solution for the 1394 I/F.
>> This project will produce specifications to define mechanisms for
> printing on IEEE Std. 1394-1995 compliant links. These
> specifications will include existing standards or specifications and
> any new specifications as necessary.
>> The first specification will enable device and basic service discovery
> for traditional computing and non-computing platforms.
> This specification will provide support for discovery and
> identification of one or more communication protocols.
>> Additional specifications will address communication protocols and /
> or data formats. One of these specifications will address
> a simple, common communication protocol and data format(s) which will
> enable a high level of interoperability among 1394
> devices.
>> The 1394 Printer Working Group is chartered by the PWG and will
> maintain a close relationship with the 1394 TA. The 1394
> PWG is open to anyone interested in contributing to the project. The
> 1394 PWG will seek the participation of other industry
> groups and key representatives of the electronics industry.
>>>