From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-ID: <45241950.4070208@Sun.COM> Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:28:00 -0500 From: Norm Jacobs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Printing-architecture] OPVP specification and use of UPDF List-Id: Printing architecture under linux List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: printing-architecture , "Printing-Sc (E-mail)" , printing-japan@freestandards.org At today's architecture meeting, we discussed the proposed OPVP specification in it's current form. We discussed the issue with the method of describing properties that was brought up at the last OpenPrinting SC meeting. The issue is that the specification does not require a conforming implementation to support a specific scheme, but instead simply states that the implementation can support any scheme it likes. The specification goes on to use UPDF as an example. What we are looking for is a statement in the specification that selects a required scheme to facilitate standard description of properties so that there is a known method of specifying properties. Without this, it becomes less likely that renderers and drivers will be able to be used outside of the specific renderer or driver that they were designed to be used with. We would appreciate it if someone would come to the OpenPrinting Steering Committee meeting next week prepared to respond to this. Once this is addressed, we can move forward with the process. -Norm