We should also use this time to fully develop the IPP enhancements that
have been discussed.
Ron Bergman
Dataproducts Corp.
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 don@lexmark.com wrote:
> I disagree with the progression of IPP V1.1 at this time. I do not believe it
> is appropriate to even consider "last call" on this until some time after the
> publication of IPP V1.0. Since V1.0 has been approved as an "experimental"
> protocol, I would like to get some time on the V1.0 implementations to see what
> we have learned before we go charging off with V1.1. I know some companies have
> a misguided belief that everything must be standards track before they implement
> it; however, that is clearly not a concern of this group or of the IETF in
> general. Rather than churning version after version of IPP for everything
> little thing we learn (because we are in such a hurry for a standards track
> document), let's take a deep breath and measure our success with V1.0 and then
> take the time to do V1.1 right and include that learning.
>
> Bottom line... let's put V1.1 on the shelf for a bit before we push it through
> the IETF process.
>
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> cmanros%cp10.es.xerox.com@interlock.lexmark.com on 03/02/99 03:05:12 PM
>
> To: ipp%pwg.org@interlock.lexmark.com
> cc: moore%CS.UTK.EDU@interlock.lexmark.com, paf%swip.net@interlock.lexmark.com
> (bcc: Don Wright/Lex/Lexmark)
> Subject: IPP> ADM - IPP Working Group Last Call for "Internet Printing Protocol
> /1.1 - Model and Semantics" and the "Internet Printing Protocol/1.1 - Enc
> oding and Transport"
>
>
>
>
> All,
>
> This is a working group Last Call for the "Internet Printing Protocol/1.1 -
> Model and Semantics" and the "Internet Printing Protocol/1.1 - Encoding and
> Transport". Versions of these documents have been forwarded to the Internet
> Draft directory as <draft-ietf-ipp-model-v11-01.txt> and
> <draft-ietf-ipp-protocol-v11-00.txt>.
>
> PDF and Word versions of the drafts are also posted at the ietf-ipp web
> site:
>
> ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/
>
> The Last Call notice follows:
>
> This is a formal request for final comments within the IETF IPP
> working group for two documents. The documents are "Internet Printing
> Protocol/1.1 - Model and Semantics" and the "Internet Printing Protocol/1.1
> - Encoding and Transport" which are being proposed for forwarding on to the
> IESG for consideration as Standards Track RFCs. This is a working group
> product, which has been thoroughly discussed since mid 1998.
>
> The document has undergone considerable review and revisions during the past
> month and I believe that we now have working group consensus on its
> adequacy.
>
> The purpose of a working group Last Call is in the style of "speak now or
> forever hold your peace" in case there are fundamental objections which have
> not gotten previous or adequate discussion, or minor errors which need
> correction.
>
> Last Calls are for a minimum of 2 weeks. To give ample time for comments
> from our Bake-off meeting on March 9-12 and the IETF-44 meeting on March
> 15-19, the period for working group comments will close on Friday, 19 March
> (US Pacific time reference).
>
> The relevant documents are:
>
> Title : Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: Model and
> Semantics
> Author(s) : R. de Bry, T. Hastings, R. Herriot,
> S. Isaacson, P. Powell
> Filename : draft-ietf-ipp-model-v11-01.txt
> Pages : 165
> Date : 25-Feb-99
>
> This document is one of a set of documents, which together describe all
> aspects of a new Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). IPP is an
> application level protocol that can be used for distributed printing
> using Internet tools and technologies. This document describes a
> simplified model consisting of abstract objects, their attributes, and
> their operations that is independent of encoding and transport. The
> model consists of a Printer and a Job object. A Job optionally supports
> multiple documents. IPP 1.1 semantics allow end-users and operators to
> query printer capabilities, submit print jobs, inquire about the status
> of print jobs and printers, cancel, hold, release, and restart print
> jobs. IPP 1.1 semantics allow operators to pause, resume, and purge
> (jobs from) Printer objects. This document also addresses security,
> internationalization, and directory issues.
>
> Title : Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: Encoding and
> Transport
> Author(s) : R. Herriot, S. Butler, P. Moore,
> R. Turner, J. Wenn
> Filename : draft-ietf-ipp-protocol-v11-00.txt
> Pages : 34
> Date : 22-Feb-99
>
> This document is one of a set of documents, which together describe all
> aspects of a new Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). IPP is an application
> level protocol that can be used for distributed printing using Internet
> tools and technologies. This document defines the rules for encoding IPP
> operations and IPP attributes into a new Internet mime media type called
> 'application/ipp'. This document also defines the rules for
> transporting over HTTP a message body whose Content-Type is
> 'application/ipp'. This document defines a new scheme named 'ipp' for
> identifying IPP printers and jobs. Finally, this document defines rules
> for supporting IPP/1.0 clients
>
> For retrieval:
>
> URLs for these Internet-Drafts are:
>
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipp-model-v11-01.txt
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipp-protocol-v11-00.txt
>
> Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP. Login with the username
> "anonymous" and a password of your e-mail address. After logging in,
> type "cd internet-drafts" and then
> "get draft-ietf-ipp-protocol-v11-00.txt".
>
> A list of Internet-Drafts directories can be found in
> http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html
> or ftp://ftp.ietf.org/ietf/1shadow-sites.txt
>
> Internet-Drafts can also be obtained by e-mail.
>
> Send a message to:
> mailserv@ietf.org.
> In the body type:
> "FILE /internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipp-protocol-v11-00.txt".
>
> NOTE: The mail server at ietf.org can return the document in
> MIME-encoded form by using the "mpack" utility. To use this
> feature, insert the command "ENCODING mime" before the "FILE"
> command. To decode the response(s), you will need "munpack" or
> a MIME-compliant mail reader. Different MIME-compliant mail readers
> exhibit different behavior, especially when dealing with
> "multipart" MIME messages (i.e. documents which have been split
> up into multiple messages), so check your local documentation on
> how to manipulate these messages.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Carl-Uno Manros
> Principal Engineer - Xerox Architecture Center - Xerox Corporation
> 701 S. Aviation Blvd., El Segundo, CA, M/S: ESAE-231
> Phone +1-310-333 8273, Fax +1-310-333 5514
> Email: manros@cp10.es.xerox.com
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