PDM> Projector&Display Mgt WG: AGENDA for f2f mtg

From: Richard_Landau@Dell.com
Date: Tue Oct 16 2007 - 15:13:30 EDT

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    Posted an (overlong) agenda for the face-to-face meeting
    - in the wiki at
    http://pwg-wiki.wikispaces.com/PDM+F2F+October+2007+Agenda
    - on the FTP site at
    ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/pdm/wd/agenda-f2f-200710.doc

    And here it is, too. It is too long, I think, but we will try to get
    thru most of it.

    rick
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    Agenda for Face-to-Face Meeting 17-18 October 2007, Austin, TX, USA

    Wed., 17 Oct. 2007, 9AM-5PM, Dell Technical Briefing Center, Austin, TX
    Thurs, 18 Oct. 2007, 9AM-3PM, Marriott Residence Inn, Round Rock, TX

    Agenda:
    What is left to do for v1 draft?
    * Group-status spreadsheet:
    * Groups, owners
            1 Mandatory vs optional properties: are they sorted
    reasonably?
            2 Are groups clean w.r.t. latest template and syntax?
            3 Edits remaining to be done
            4 Schedule for edits and rebuild
    * How to publish v1 draft for review
    * Short white paper about why
            1 MIB text file
            2 Slide show?
            3 What avenues can we use for publicity?
    * Draft statements for reviewers about mandatory and optional
    properties and groups
    1 Interoperability testing
    * Who is doing prototypes or early implementations?
    Detailed review of current state
    * MIB text
    1 What lengths and contents for mandatory strings?
    2 Cleaning up XML group definitions
    * DefaultValues
            1 Definition clauses
            2 Optionality
            3 Availability
    * Review Alert group
    Remaining technical items
    * What goes into DisplaySettings group?
    1 Rationalizing property names to minimize misunderstanding:
    * ReplacementCount vs Cycle or Number
            1 ReplacementInterval vs Cycle
            2 Not repeating group name in property name
            3 Projector vs Device, except where "projector" is really
    required
    * List of display technologies, display types, for inventory
    properties
    1 List of interface connectors
    2 Need overall temperature status?
    3 Time formats:
    * XML format for date/time?
            1 PowerOnCount plus sysUptime as a backup?

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