Angelo,
I agree with Jay and propose that work on this paper start immediately.
Very good suggestion!
Ron Bergman
Hitachi Koki Imaging Solutions
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Jay Martin wrote:
> Angelo,
>> 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 at 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 at ietf.org]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 3:02 PM
> > Cc: RFC Editor; Internet Architecture Board; pmp at 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.
>