Hi, Thursday (14 April 2005)
[Please send any comments/corrections to 'pmp at pwg.org' - thanks]
MINUTES OF PRINTER PORT MONITOR MIB REVIEW
ATTENDEES:
Paul Danbold (Apple)
Lee Farrell (Canon)
Harry Lewis (IBM, PWG Chair)
Jerry Thrasher (Lexmark)
Craig Whittle (Sharp)
other attendees in Tokyo (Jerry Thrasher to complete this list)
* Ron Bergman (Ricoh, PMP WG Chair, co-editor)
* Mike Fenelon (Microsoft, co-editor)
* Ira McDonald (High North, co-editor)
* Stuart Rowley (Kyocera)
* = on telephone
SUMMARY:
(1) Reviewed and approved PPM-1 and PPM-2 (Ron Bergman & Bill Wagner)
- previous Last Call teleconference on 31 March 2005
- see resolutions in Ira McDonald's email of 31 March 2005
- see (A1) below
(2) Reviewed and approved PPM-3, PPM-4, and PPM-5 (Bert Wijnen)
- previous email discussion in early March 2005
- see resolutions in Ira McDonald's email of 6 April 2005
- see (A1) below
(3) Assign 'enterprises pwg(2699) mibs(1) ppmMIB(2)' (Jerry Thrasher)
- to register Port MIB in PWG-assigned ASN.1 OID space
- see (A2) below
(3) Request to restore ppmPortPrtChannelIndex (Paul Danbold - Apple)
- to disambiguate (for example) Text vs Binary LPR channels
- see (A3) below
(4) Request to restore ppmPortDescription (Paul Danbold - Apple)
- to support localized configuration info (but NOT port status)
- see (A4) below
(5) Discussed certification and interoperability testing
- Testing Editor to coordinate tests and sanitize test results
- see (A6) below
- OS vendors (Microsoft, Apple, others) to develop test tools
- see (A7) below
- Printer vendors to perform self-testing and binary testing
- see (A8) below
- Interoperability test in July at PWG (hosted by Apple)
- see (A9) below
ACTION ITEMS:
A1) Ira McDonald (co-editor) - editorial
- write up body of document changes for PPM-1 to PPM-5
- background, relationship to MIBs, internationalization, security
- due: 20 April 2005
A2) Jerry Thrasher (PWG Secretary) - housekeeping
- assign the arc 'enterprises pwg(2699) mibs(1) ppmMIB(2)'
- fix at (2) for near-term stability of test tools and prototypes
- see Don Wright's previous document on PWG ASN.1 OID assignments
- due: 1 May 2005
A3) Ira McDonald (co-editor) - editorial
- restore ppmPortPrtChannelIndex (Paul Danbold - Apple)
- write up PPM-6 w/ rationale
- due: 20 April 2005
A4) Ira McDonald (co-editor) - editorial
- restore ppmPortDescription (Paul Danbold - Apple)
- write up PPM-7 w/ rationale
- due: 20 April 2005
A5) Printer Port Monitor MIB Editors - Last Call process
- incorporate Last Call resolutions
- issue final LCRC redline version of Port MIB
- due: 31 May 2005
A6) Craig Whittle (Testing Editor) - coordination of testing
- develop test criteria, coordinate tests, sanitize test results
- publish public summary after (A8) below
- due: June/July 2005
A7) OS Vendors (Microsoft, Apple, others) - certification testing
- develop test criteria, develop test tools, certify printers
- due: June/July 2005
A8) Printer Vendors - certification testing
- self-certify printers, report test results to Testing Editor
- due: June/July 2005
A9) Paul Danbold (Apple) - interoperability testing
- host interoperability testing at PWG face-to-face in San Francisco
- due: July 2005
A10) PWG Secretary - Formal Approval process
- issue Formal Approval clean version of Port MIB
- announce Formal Approval
- due: TBD - July after interoperability testing???
Cheers,
- Ira (co-editor of Printer Port Monitor MIB)
Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
Blue Roof Music / High North Inc
PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839
phone: +1-906-494-2434
email: imcdonald at sharplabs.com