Excellent suggestion about publishing an explanation of the
information model for the Job MIB prior to publishing the
actual MIB document itself.
Perhaps such a document would have helped the rest of the PWG
understand this creature called the Job MIB, too.
(Just a guess, though.)
...jay
"Caruso, Angelo" wrote:
>
> Tom,
>
> Perhaps the IETF is taking issue with the fact that we invented a new
> information model, built on top of SNMP/SMI, and then just went ahead and
> implemented the first instance of this new model, all in one MIB module.
> Perhaps we should have published a generic definition of the new model first
> as a stand-alone document, and then published the JMP MIB as an example
> implementation.
>
> Thanks,
> Ang
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hastings, Tom N [mailto:hastings@cp10.es.xerox.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 7:29 PM
> To: jmp
> Subject: JMP> FW: Document Action: Job Monitoring MIB - V1 to
> Informational
>
> The PWG Job Monitoring MIB has been approved by the IESG to be sent out as
> an
> Informational RFC. However, the IESG doesn't approve of our modeling of
> management information. By this I assume they mean the attribute mechanism
> that we invented to handle the great variability between implementations.
>
> They also don't recognize the PWG as a standards making body according to
> the note.
>
> Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The IESG [mailto:iesg-secretary@ietf.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 3:02 PM
> Cc: RFC Editor; Internet Architecture Board; pmp@pwg.org
> Subject: Document Action: Job Monitoring MIB - V1 to Informational
>
> The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft 'Job Monitoring MIB - V1'
> <draft-ietf-printmib-job-monitor-07.txt> as an Informational RFC. This
> document is the product of the Printer MIB Working Group. The IESG
> contact persons are Keith Moore and Patrik Faltstrom
>
> Note to RFC Editor:
>
> The IESG requests the following text be included as an IESG Note:
>
> This MIB module uses an unconventional scheme for modeling
> management information (on top of the SNMP model) which is unique to
> this MIB. The IESG recommends against using this document as an
> example for the design of future MIBs.
>
> The "Printer Working Group" industry consortium is not an IETF
> working group, and the IETF does not recognize the Printer Working
> Group as a standards-setting body. This document is being published
> solely to provide information to the Internet community regarding a
> MIB that might be deployed in the marketplace. Publication of
> this document as an RFC is not an endorsement of this MIB.