IPP Mail Archive: IPP> MOD - new model document with fixes for typos and minor issues

IPP> MOD - new model document with fixes for typos and minor issues

Scott Isaacson (SISAACSON@novell.com)
Fri, 29 May 1998 12:40:10 -0600

Since there has not be a new model document for 4 months now, and n an =
attempt to get the Model document ready for eventual publication as an =
RFC, I have fixed all known (to me) types, bug fixes, and minor issues by =
documenting the changes in a new version of the model document. There is =
one exception: there is one known outstanding issue wrt variable length =
max values for text and name. The issue is a known issue, but this =
version contains no fixes for the issue -a real solution needs to be =
worked in. =20

The new I-D, if ever published as an I-D, would be model-10.txt, but I =
will not publish it as an I-D since we have passed final call.

The new document can be found at:

ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/new_MOD/ipp-model-980529-rev.pdf
ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/new_MOD/ipp-model-980529.doc
ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/new_MOD/ipp-model-980529.pdf
ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/new_MOD/ipp-model-980529.txt

Changes made:

1. Clarified that even though the term "URI" is used, what we really mean =
is "URL"
2. Fixed the order of "attributes-charset", "attributes-natural-language" =
and
target ("printer-uri", "job-uri", "job-id") attributes.
1st "attributes-charset"
2nd "attributes-natural-language"
3rd target ("printer-uri", "job-uri", or "printer-uri" followed by =
"job-id")
3. Clarified the conflict between MANDATORY attributes and the "simplest" =
Print-Job
request.
4. Added (uri) syntax for "printer-uri" and "job-uri" and added (integer(1:=
MAX)) for
"job-id"
5. Clarified that HTTP layer URLs might be relative URI and that URLs in =
IPP operation
attributes must be absolute URLs. I added this to section 4.1.7. Should =
this
text go into the protocol spec instead of the model document?
6. Clarified that RFC 1776 defines the tags used for natural language =
attributes, not
necessarily enumerates them all (RFC 1766 actually just references other =
ISO standards)
7. Changed "type 4 | name" to "type 3 | name"
8. Removed the whole notion of type 4
9. Fixed type in number-up (from 0:MAX to 1:MAX)
10. Clarified that "successful-ok" for Print-Job just means that the job =
object
was created, not printed.
11. Noted that "client-error-bad-request" error code should be used for =
fixed
length values that are not of the expected fixed length.
12. Changed "uri-too-long" to "value-too-long" to indicate that it can be =
used for
any variable length attribute is too long and for some reason can not =
be=20
ignored because it is just too big.
13. Added "server-error-busy" as a solution for the "server contention" =
problem
14. In section 15.3.4.3, clarified what is MANDATORY or OPTIONAL to =
support=20
and what MUST be supplied (sent in the operation request or response) and =
what
MAY be supplied.
15. Also in section 15.3.4.3 changed Job Template attributes from (M*) to =
(O*)
16. Also in section 15.3.4.3, showed the correct order of
1st "attributes-charset"
2nd "attributes-natural-language"
3rd target ("printer-uri", "job-uri", or "printer-uri" followed by =
"job-id")
17. Added "charset-supported", "generated-natural-language-supported" to =
the
Generic Directory Schema to align with what was added to the SLP Printer =
template
18. Fixed syntax discrepancies between headers and tables

Fixes still needed -
1. Proposal for name, text, textShort

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Scott A. Isaacson
Corporate Architect
Novell Inc., M/S PRV-C-121=20
122 E 1700 S, Provo, UT 84606
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