PWG Mail Archive: RE: PWG> Process

RE: PWG> Process

From: McDonald, Ira (imcdonald@sharplabs.com)
Date: Thu Jun 05 2003 - 11:06:53 EDT

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    Hi Don,

    OK, I accept your suggestion that PWG Standard is "roughly"
    equivalent to IETF Draft Standard (in requirements to be met).

    But IETF IPP/1.1 (RFC 2910/2911) will most likely _never_
    advance from IETF Proposed Standard to IETF Draft Standard,
    which would mean that no IEEE/ISTO PWG spec for IPP extensions
    can ever advance beyond PWG Candidate Standard.

    The point I'm concerned about is standards in OTHER bodies
    that are never going to advance shouldn't hold back PWG
    standards, I think.

    Comments?

    Cheers,
    - Ira McDonald
      High North Inc

    PS - Note that for IPP/1.1 (RFC 2910/2911) to advance to
    IETF Draft Standard status, the IETF IPP WG would have to
    be rechartered and a set of thorough (EVERY feature) tests
    of interoperability would have to be performed, written up,
    and submitted to the IETF. Wildly unlikely...

    -----Original Message-----
    From: don@lexmark.com [mailto:don@lexmark.com]
    Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 3:44 PM
    To: McDonald, Ira
    Cc: 'don@lexmark.com'; Harry Lewis; pwg@pwg.org; thrasher@lexmark.com
    Subject: RE: PWG> Process

    Ira:

    I used the word "roughly" with intent.

    The PWG should decide whether PWG Standard is "roughly" equivalent to IETF
    Draft Standard or to IETF Internet Standard.

    Looking at the requirements, I believe IETF Draft Standard is the
    equivalent of PWG Standard.

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    "McDonald, Ira" <imcdonald@sharplabs.com> on 06/04/2003 03:38:09 PM

    To: "'don@lexmark.com'" <don@lexmark.com>, Harry Lewis
           <harryl@us.ibm.com>
    cc: pwg@pwg.org, thrasher@lexmark.com
    Subject: RE: PWG> Process

    Hi Don,

    All very good comments. I agree with all of your proposed additions
    and wording changes.

    I'm curious about your comment (18) below. It makes sense (on one
    level), but would mean that until IETF IPP/1.1 (RFC 2910/2911) moves
    to Internet Standard status (after going from current Proposed
    Standard status to future Draft Standard status), no PWG IPP spec
    could ever move higher than PWG Candidate Standard. Right?

    Is this desirable, given that the IETF IPP WG is moribund and will
    presumably close permanently in the not too distant future?

    Cheers,
    - Ira McDonald
      High North Inc

    -----Original Message-----
    From: don@lexmark.com [mailto:don@lexmark.com]
    Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 12:10 PM
    To: Harry Lewis
    Cc: pwg@pwg.org; thrasher@lexmark.com
    Subject: Re: PWG> Process

    <...snip...>

    18) Clause 4.7, Page 10, line 355: add "PWG extensions to non-PWG standards
    cannot attain PWG Standard status until the base standard has attained the
    rough equivalent of PWG Standard status in the other organization."

    <...snip...>

    **********************************************
     Don Wright don@lexmark.com

     Chair, IEEE SA Standards Board
     Member, IEEE-ISTO Board of Directors
     f.wright@ieee.org / f.wright@computer.org

     Director, Alliances & Standards
     Lexmark International
     740 New Circle Rd
     Lexington, Ky 40550
     859-825-4808 (phone) 603-963-8352 (fax)
    **********************************************

    Harry Lewis <harryl@us.ibm.com>@pwg.org on 05/21/2003 07:04:12 PM

    Sent by: owner-pwg@pwg.org

    To: pwg@pwg.org
    cc:
    Subject: PWG> Process

    There is really no last call process for the process document ;-). Please
    review and prepare to try and close this formally at the Portland plenary.
    If you can't make Portland please share you comments ahead of time so they
    may be incorporated.
    ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/process/pwg-process20-20030414.pdf
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