The PWG process (diagram) acknowlesd Brainstorming, Charter development
and Requirments gathering as valid actiities at the origin of a new
program. I'd like to begin a requirements thread. Here are requirements of
WBMM that I would like to see addressed
1. More expressive than the Printer MIB
- While the Printer MIB is an EXCELLENT standard from the point of view
of adoption and functionality... there is room for improvment
- Specifically, we could be more expressive and clearer regarding State,
Status and Error reaaons.
- You who are smiling know what I'm talking about (i.e. nix the
decoder ring...)
2. Expressed in XML
- More than a clique, XML will aid developers in designing and
implementing compliant applicatins with modern tools
3 Usable by a wide variety of applications
- Experience with the Printer MIB has demonstrated that the range of
interested applications includes
- Device Management
- Accounting
- Enterprise Managemtn
- Remote Serviceing and Help Desk
- Self configuring Drivers
4. Optomized for interoperatility
- Care should be given to the use of mandatory and optional
- Min/Max access to settable attributes should not be a mystery
- Consider a self describing data model vs. embedding definitions in
the protocol
5. More... I'm sure. Please join in...
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Harry Lewis
IBM Printing Systems
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