PWG Steering Committee Minutes * 13 January 2020

Attendees

Jeremy Leber (Lexmark, PWG Vice Chair)
Smith Kennedy (HP Inc, PWG Chair)
Ira McDonald (High North, PWG Secretary, IPP WG Co-Chair)
Alan Sukert (Xerox, former PWG Vice Chair, IDS WG Chair)
Bill Wagner (TIC, former Cloud WG and WIMS WG Chair)

Preface

This meeting was announced and chaired by Smith Kennedy.

These minutes were prepared by Ira McDonald with much help from Smith Kennedy.

Agenda

(0) Agenda bashing, IP Policy, minute taker

- Review agenda and state PWG IP Policy
  - Ira McDonald as minute taker

- Revised Agenda:
  (1) Administrivia
  (2) PWG 2020 SC Goals and Priorities (All)
  (3) IDS WG Chair replacement - Status (Alan)
  (4) PWG February 2020 F2F Plenary Slide Review (Smith)
  (5) PWG Pending Press Releases
  (6) UK Govt Printing Workshop - Status (Ira/Smith)
  (7) AMSC/ISO liaisons - Status (Paul)
  (8) Updates of "pwg-namespace-policy.txt" - Status (Ira)
  (9) Updates of "ipp-registry-policy.txt" - Status (Smith)
  (10) Toolset thoughts (All)
  (11) Next SC meetings (All)
  (12) Action Items - Review (All)

(1) Administrivia
https://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/sc/pwg-sc-call-minutes-20191216.htm

- IPR declaration

- Roll call

- Review minutes of SC meeting (16 December 2019)
  - Approved as posted

(2) PWG 2020 SC Goals and Priorities (All)

- Discussion
  - List of Items
    - Process 4.0 - at least in a "prototype" or "stable draft" by Q4 / Q3
      - Get closure on finalizing Job Descriptions including the expanded tasks 
        for the PWG Vice Chair

    - Namespace Policy finalized

    - Registry Policy update finalized

    - Deprecation and Obsoletion Policy

    - Complete Website Update and Transition to new web hosting provider
      - Prerequisites for this move include having the new IPP Everywhere self-cert
        registration process ready to roll...

    - New IPP Everywhere self certification registration process

    - Continue marketing / press releases initiative

    - PWG Design Philosophy (intent-based, interoperable, user-friendly, scalable, etc.)

  - Prioritized List
    - We can work on this offline via email

ACTION: 01/13/20 - Smith to resurrect the PWG Job Descriptions draft and re-invigorate the email thread on this
- OPEN
https://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/wd/pwg-staff-and-their-responsibilities-2018-07-16.docx

ACTION: 01/13/20 - Smith to send email to SC with proposal for expanded Vice Chair roles and responsibilities
- OPEN
- https://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/sc/pwg-sc-call-minutes-20191118.htm

ACTION: 01/13/20 - Smith to send email to have SC members vote for their top 3 PWG 2020 SC Goals and Priorities
- OPEN

(3) IDS WG Chair replacement - Status (Alan)

- Discussion
  - Possible candidate for IDS Secretary

  - Alan has announced his retirement from Xerox on 4/1/2020 
    - But Alan will still attend some IDS WG meetings, perhaps

  - Still pursuing a candidate for WG Chair

(4) PWG February 2020 F2F Plenary Slide Review (Smith)
https://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/Plenary/pwg-plenary-february-2020-d1.pdf
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- Discussion
  - Reviewed the d1 draft with live edits

  - Update the membership slide with Lakeshore Robotics (Mike Sweet)

  - Add a 2020 priorities slide? 
    - Maybe if we have a list of priorities to present...

  - Change the name of "HCD PP Updates" in Gantt chart? Alan / Ira to let Smith 
    know later this week...
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ACTION: 01/13/20 - Smith to get WG officers to provide WG status slides and liaison "officers" provide liaison status slides for PWG February 2020 F2F
- OPEN

ACTION: 01/13/20 - Smith to reach out to Mopria and 3MF Consortium on status updates for PWG February 2020 F2F
- OPEN

ACTION: 01/13/20 - Smith to post d2 draft Plenary slides later this week for PWG February 2020 F2F
- OPEN

(5) PWG Pending Press Releases

- Discussion
  - IPP System Service 
    - separate press release

  - INCITS liaison / 3D updates press release 
    - include mention of upcoming PWG outreach in the PR

ACTION: 01/13/20 - Smith/Ira to connect with Anne Price on press releases
- OPEN

(6) UK Govt Printing Workshop - Status (Ira/Smith)
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- Discussion
  - No recent emails on this thread
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ACTION: 01/13/20 - Ira/Mike to reach out to UK Govt Printing folks to update status
- OPEN

(7) AMSC/ISO liaisons - Status (Paul)

- Discussion
  - Paul was currently at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting on behalf 
    of PWG while this SC meeting occurred

  - DRUPA collaterals 
    – need to be reviewed, edited, and approved for submission
    - needs to be reviewed by SC

  - ISO TC171 SC2 WG12 Metatdata 
    - finish paperwork and submit request to establish a Class C Liaison
    - discuss any poten4al intellectual property issues that need to be addressed 
      when creaing a liaison agreement with an ISO technical committee

  - Invitation to Safe G-Code WebEx
    - need to edit content received from Anne Price
    - then review, edit, and approve so that Anne can complete the final copy
    - 12 March 2020 meeting

  - ARMI BIOFABUSA Spring Summit 
    – create, review, edit, approve and submit abstract for presentation by 
      31 January 2020

  - Determine how to engage with American Concrete Institute for 2020 
    - through sponsoring individual membership for Paul Tykodi or as higher cost 
      non-member
    - so that Paul can attend ACI 564 commitee meetings in spring (Chicago, IL) 
      and fall (Raleigh, NC)

ACTION: 01/13/20 - Paul/Smith to work with Joni to get ISO TC171 SC2 WG12 liaison going
- OPEN

(8) Updates of "pwg-namespace-policy.txt" - Status (Ira)
https://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/process/pwg-namespace-policy-20160820.txt
https://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/process/pwg-namespace-policy-20160820.docx
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- Discussion
  - Deferred
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(9) Updates of "ipp-registry-policy.txt" - Status (Smith)
https://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/process/ipp-registry-policy-20191121.docx
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- Discussion
  - Deferred
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(10) Toolset thoughts (All)
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- Discussion
  - Deferred
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(11) Next SC meetings (All)
http://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/sc

- SC - Monday 27 January 2020 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern
  - finalize February PWG Virtual F2F plenary slides

- PWG February 2020 F2F - Wednesday 5 February 2020 8am Pacific / 11am Eastern
  - F2F Plenary

- SC - Monday 10 February 2020 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern
  - debrief February PWG Virtual F2F

- SC - Monday 24 February 2020 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern
  - regular meeting

(12) Action Items - Review (All)

- Discussion
  - Deferred (but action item status updated - see below)

  - Should we have long term vs. short term action items? 
    - Let's try it by triaging what we have, when we get to it...

Previous Action Items

ACTION: Ira to document OID arc usage in PWG
- OPEN - pwg-mib-numbers-20091220.txt
- "arc" is any single value (often least-significant) in an OID - Existing plain text PWG policy and registry for each PWG MIB base OID - IBM gave PWG a permanent arc for LDAP OIDs for Print Schema (RFC 7612)
- LDAP OIDs to be documented in a additional policy and registry in ".../process/"
ACTION: Smith/Mike/Ira/anybody to draft whitepaper on late binding for best fidelity in Cloud servers, intent vs. process for output fidelity, and the fundamental design ethos of the PWG's work
- OPEN
- Perhaps have as a topic for some future PWG F2F to enumerate core set of concepts with which to construct an outline for the document
- Smith to add discussion of this late binding for the future F2F Plenary
ACTION: Smith to write an outline of the structure of Process 4.0 for SC review
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: Smith/Jessica to update "liaison agreement template" or create new "license agreement template" that would allow a partner to grant to PWG the right to use or reference content within - should this be created by the PWG or by the org that is granting the license?
- OPEN
ACTION: 10/08/18 - SC to review PWG Officer Job Descriptions and provide feedback
- CLOSED
- newer action item on 01/13/20
ACTION: 12/03/18 - Alan to pursue liaison / engagement with ISO JTC1 SC28 and do what is needed in IDS WG meetings
- IN PROGRESS
- Alan has a dialogue w/ Masahiro-san of ISO JTC1 SC28
- Alan held an IDS meeting on 01/24/19
ACTION: 12/17/18 - Alan to contact Paul Jeran (HP) about a PWG liaison with the US TAG of SC 28 (administered by INCITIS) and communicate that we are intending to pursue a liaison with other ISO JTC1 SCs in a similar fashion
- CLOSED
ACTION: 02/25/19 - Paul to reach out to MT Connect on behalf of PWG
- OPEN
ACTION: 05/20/19 - Ira / Alan to add "Other interesting reflectors and groups" section to the IDS WG page on the PWG website
- OPEN
ACTION: 05/20/19 - Paul / Mike to maybe do some development work on embedding 3MF job tickets
- OPEN
ACTION: 06/17/19 - Smith to create the PWG IPP Status 2019 deck (for Mopria and others)
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 06/17/19 - Smith to check in with Jeremy Reitz about Mopria status for 2019 and ask whether they want an PWG IPP 2019 Update for presentation at a Mopria F2F
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 07/01/19 - Smith to talk to Mike about updating the 3D page so that it lists the growing list of 3D related PWG documents
- OPEN
ACTION: 07/15/19 - Smith to look for alternate web hosting providers and / or discuss other solutions with Mike Sweet
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 07/29/19 - Ira to produce an updated draft of pwg-namespace-policy for review at a future SC meeting
- OPEN
ACTION: 08/28/19 - Smith/Ira to start a new thread on Process 4.0 framework
- OPEN
ACTION: 09/09/19 - Smith/Ira to keep nudging forward IPP Everywhere™ plugfest
- OPEN
ACTION: 09/09/19 - Paul to post query to ipp@pwg.org reflector on how to appropriately convey "print quality" attributes that may be relating to process, and how they should be represented via IPP (keeping in mind process vs. intent)
- OPEN
ACTION: 09/09/19 - Paul to ask AMSC if they will be attending DRUPA 2020 - AMSC attends to make sure that standards are not being created that are unduly focused on particular environments, locales, etc.
- CLOSED
ACTION: 09/23/19 - Smith to make sure PWG PR effort doesn't lose momentum
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 11/18/19 - Smith to work w/ ISTO and Mike to get PWG business notes delivered to all three PWG officers
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 11/18/19 - Smith to recommend that Alan reach out to Cihan or Graydon to fill Chair and Vice-Chair (or Secretary) roles for IDS WG
- CLOSED
ACTION: 11/20/19 - Smith / Ira to ping Anne Price to write drafts for IPP Everywhere 1.1 and Release 4 of IPP Everywhere 1.0 tools and IPP 3D Printing in December 2019 to be ready for January (avoiding CES 2020 overload)
- CLOSED
- see new action item from 01/13/20
ACTION: 12/16/19 - Smith to get events page listed on PWG meetings page
- OPEN
ACTION: 12/16/19 - Smith to check with Mike on when he plans to publish the Candidate Standard final draft of IPP System Service and then announce it
- CLOSED
ACTION: 12/16/19 - Smith to find a good crisp explanation (hopefully from Google) about what GCP discontinuance actually means, because the articles are a bit vague and our PWG answer would need to respond to the Google statement directly
- OPEN
ACTION: 12/16/19 - Smith and Paul to get a liaison agreement between PWG and 3D PDF Consortium
- IN PROGRESS
Paul met with Phil Spreier on 12/16/19 and will send an introductory email to Smith and Joni to get the ball rolling on this liaison
ACTION: 12/16/19 - SC to review draft DRUPA 2020 submission from Paul and get him feedback ASAP
- CLOSED
ACTION: 12/16/19 - Smith to remind folks about 11/21/19 draft of IPP Registry Policy and be ready for review at future SC meeting
- OPEN