PWG Steering Committee Minutes * 11 January 2021

Attendees

Smith Kennedy (HP Inc, PWG Chair)
Jeremy Leber (Lexmark, PWG Vice Chair)
Ira McDonald (High North, PWG Secretary, IPP WG Co-Chair)
Alan Sukert (Independent, IDS WG Chair)
Paul Tykodi (TCS, IPP WG Co-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) Action Item Review
  (3) PWG Antitrust Reminder to be added to meeting preambles
  (4) PWG February 2021 Virtual F2F - planning (All)
  (5) Transition to WebEx (All)
  (6) Working with INCITS to develop a 3D Printing PP - status (Alan / Paul)
  (7) ISO TR 22100-4 / ISO TC199 / CEN TC114 / IEC TC44 - status (Paul)
  (8) PWG Process 3.1/4.0 - status (Smith)
  (9) OpenPrinting GSoC/GSoD/LFMP 2020 - update (Ira)
  (10) PWG 3D PR Opportunities 2021 - update (Paul)
  (11) DRUPA 20-23 April 2021 / 3D PDF / 3Dprint.com articles
  (12) Common Criteria for 3D Printers - update (Paul)
  (13) AMSC/ISO Liaisons - update (Paul)
  (14) Next SC Meetings

(1) Administrivia
https://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/sc/pwg-sc-call-minutes-20201214.htm

- IPR declaration

- Roll call

- Review minutes of SC meeting (14 December 2020)
  - Approved as posted

(2) Action Item Review

ACTION: 12/14/20 - Smith to inquire with ISTO about getting a way to get the PWG SC the ability to
pay for things directly
- CLOSED
-- Chair could release funds preemptively
-- EFTs are done once a week
-- Paul has experience dealing

ACTION: 12/14/20 - Smith to query Joni's manager about the delayed engagement on creating a new
PWG WebEx account
- CLOSED

ACTION: 12/14/20 - Ira to send email to SC and IPP reflectors about very small project objectives for
GSoC 2021, and larger project objectives LFMP 2021
- CLOSED

ACTION: 11/30/20 - Smith to contact Mike Rhines to see if there is a need for further discussion with
Mopria about "client-info-col" / "document-format-details"
- IN PROGRESS

Note: Paul also sent updates (CLOSED or IN PROGRESS) for five other action items (see below).

(3) PWG Antitrust Reminder to be added to meeting preambles
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- Discussion
  - Smith had contacted Michelle Hunt (ISTO Legal) about Process 4.0 and some related stuff 
    and she pointed out that preambles for PWG meetings need to have an antitrust reminder 
    statement.
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ACTION: 01/14/21 - Smith to ask Michelle for the Antitrust Reminder statement from ISTO and also make sure it is applicable / legitimate for not only USA but is rather applicable worldwide.
- OPEN
(4) PWG February 2021 Virtual F2F - planning (All)
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- Discussion
  - First draft of slides not posted yet - reviewed in today's meeting.
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ACTION: 01/14/21 - Smith to announce meeting on pwg-announce and add link to event page to meetings page and fix event page to match agenda in slide draft from meeting
- CLOSED
ACTION: 01/14/21 - Smith to work with Mike and Ira about scheduling of NODRIVER / EPX / FIN and which gets Smith's and the WG's bandwidth first
- CLOSED
ACTION: 01/14/21 - Smith / Ira to get updated release information / roadmap for IPP Everywhere Self-Cert from Mike for PWG February 2021 F2F Plenary slides.
- OPEN
ACTION: 01/14/21 - Ira / Alan to move TCG / IETF / OP liaisons to IDS deck
- OPEN

(5) Transition to WebEx (All)

- Discussion
  - How's it going today? WELL!

  - Are any "hosts" able to use new WebEx?
    - Yes - used successfully for IPP WG on Thursday 01/14/21

  - Smith shared the new WebEx credentials during today's meeting

ACTION: 01/14/21 - Smith to schedule IPP WG / IDS WG / SC / F2F WebEx meetings
- CLOSED

(6) Working with INCITS to develop a 3D Printing PP - status (Alan / Paul)

- Discussion
  - INCITS is looking at the AMSC gaps list and is working to come up with projects
    - A biggie might be 3D scanning and IPP 3D scanning

    - Would require authoring an IPP 3D Scan specification

(7) ISO TR 22100-4 / ISO TC199 / CEN TC114 / IEC TC44 - status (Paul)

- Discussion
  - ISO TR 22100-4: best practice document already published

  - Paul is trying to figure out the current status and what is going on in TC44 (where 
    the normative specs would or are coming from in this space)

  - Ira listed all of these groups and their spec authors and Paul knocked on doors to 
    figure out whether what they are working on dovetails with 3D Printing PP initiative

(8) PWG Process 3.1/4.0 - Status (Smith)
https://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/wd/pwg-process-4.0-20210105-rev.pdf
https://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/wd/wd-pwg-process-31-20210106-rev.pdf

- Discussion
  - Smith posted a new draft of Process 4.0 on 01/05/21
    - Smith admitted that he was struggling with updating the document

    - Alan offered to help

  - Ira suggested making incremental changes to create a Process 3.1 (an errata update)

  - Smith posted draft of Process 3.1 on 01/06/21
    - SC will review at the SC Tiger Team on 01/18/21

(9) OpenPrinting GSoC/GSoD/LFMP 2020 - Update (Ira)
https://openprinting.github.io
https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc
https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs
https://communitybridge.org/
https://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-December-2020/
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/releases/tag/v2.3.3op1
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/pappl/releases/tag/v1.0.0
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/releases/tag/1.28.7

- Discussion
  - CUPS OpenPrinting v2.3.3op1 - released on 27 November 2020
    - First release in CUPS OP fork (until Apple resumes support for CUPS).

    - Already made it into Debian unstable and will soon get merged into Ubuntu Hirsute 
      Hippo (21.04).

    - Also, the CUPS Snap is updated to this version of CUPS OP.

  - PAPPL v1.0.0 - released on 12/11/20
    - First stable release of PAPPL is now available for download.

    - PAPPL is a simple C-based framework/library for developing CUPS Printer Applications, 
      which are the recommended replacement for traditional printer drivers.

  - CUPS Filters v1.28.7 - released on 01/07/21
    - Bug fix release.

  - OP GSoC 2021 - planning - in progress
    - Currently looking for project ideas for next year’s GSoC.
    - Student projects will only be half the time (6 weeks).

  - OP GSoD (Google Season of Docs) 2020 - completed on 12/05/20
    - 1 student made excellent progress on Printer Applications documentation.

  - LFMP (Linux Foundation Mentorship Program) - completed in December 2020
    - IPP Scan - 2 students made good progress - completeness is TBD.
    - IPP FaxOut - 2 students dropped out in October and November 2020.

  - OP Steering Committee
    - OP monthly calls 11/10/20, 12/08/20, 01/12/21, and upcoming 02/02/21.

(10) PWG 3D PR Opportunities 2021 - update (Paul)
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- Discussion
  - No update
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(11) DRUPA 20-23 April 2021 / 3D PDF / 3Dprint.com articles
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- Discussion
  - No update
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(12) Common Criteria for 3D Printers - update (Paul)
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- Discussion
  - No update
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(13) AMSC/ISO Liaisons - Status (Paul)
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- Discussion
  - No update
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(14) Next SC meetings (All)
http://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/sc

- SC Tiger Team - Monday 18 January 2021 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern
  - document review
    - previous Action Items review (maximum 10-15 minutes)
    - Process 3.1 review

- SC - Monday 25 January 2021 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern
  - regular meeting
    - final February 2021 PWG F2F Plenary Slides review

- SC Tiger Team - Monday 1 February 2021 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern
  - document review
    - last minute February 2021 PWG F2F preparation

- SC - Monday 8 February 2021 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern
  - regular meeting 
    - CANCELED due to February 2020 PWG F2F

- SC Tiger Team - Monday 15 February 2021 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern
  - document review

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/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: 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: 02/25/19 - Paul to reach out to MT Connect on behalf of PWG
- IN PROGRESS
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: 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: 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)
- CLOSED
-- Paul believes this issue (as it relates to 3D Concrete Printing) will likely be handled in a future version of IPP 3D and it therefore makes sense to close this AI.
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: 12/16/19 - Smith to get events page listed on PWG meetings page
- OPEN
ACTION: 02/24/20 - Smith: Reach out to Kyle from PrinterLogic to check in maybe in a few weeks
- OPEN
ACTION: 03/23/20 - Paul to write initial draft of PWG article for Specialist Printing Worldwide for review by PWG SC on 04/20/20
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 04/06/20 - Smith to search IPP reflector archives for latest registrations since February 2020 Virtual F2F
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 06/15/20 - Smith to create new "PWG Documents Style Policy" and add line numbering, change logs, and other style recommendations there, so that they don't get lost - also add text discussing templates as well
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 06/15/20 - Smith/Ira to add discussion of change logs in the new draft "PWG Documents Style Policy"
- OPEN
ACTION: 06/29/20 - Smith to ask Mike Rhines if Mopria has any 3D Printing interests
- OPEN
ACTION: 06/29/20 - Paul to contact Joni and CC Smith about dealing with payment by PWG SC for Paul's individual membership in the PDF Association
- CLOSED
-- Paul has filled out registration - invoice should be forthcoming.
-- Note: Payment processing was completed successfully.
ACTION: 07/27/20 - Smith to figure out what PWG Policy drafts already exist and then reboot to produce the PWG Process 4.0 outline
- OPEN
- Refresh from action of 06/29/20
ACTION: 07/27/20 - Smith to reach out to Xerox (Chris Rizzo), Kyocera (Anthony Suarez), Ricoh (Uli Wehner), and Canon (Steven Young) to see if they have any printers that might be getting close to being certified so that they can be named in the IPP Everywhere press release
- OPEN
ACTION: 07/27/20 - Smith to create the IPP State of the Union deck for 2020
- OPEN
- Refresh from action of 06/15/20
ACTION: 08/18/20 - Smith to add to Plenary slides that printers don't need to re-certify when new version of IPP Self-Cert Tools is released
- OPEN
ACTION: 08/24/20 - Smith to codify "https" URI scheme usage in the PWG Network Infrastructure Policy document, etc. Also consider how to move away from "ftp.pwg.org" to something more like "files.pwg.org" or "www.pwg.org/files".
- OPEN
ACTION: 08/24/20 - Smith to contact Sean Kau (Google) to see if PWG and Google are both going in the same direction and whether Google is interested in either working together on a press release or if they would object to us posting an informational document on IPP and Chrome OS for local and cloud printing.
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 08/24/20 - Smith to ping Mike Rhines (Qualcomm, Mopria liaison) again about scope / areas of interest for the IPP State of the Union 2020 presentation to November 2020 Mopria meeting
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 09/08/20 - Smith to announce the PWG November 2020 Virtual F2F around 09/21/20 to pwg-announce
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 09/08/20 - Smith to update PWG Roles and Responsibilities policy and post and get approval offline by email
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 09/08/20 - Smith to get initial draft of IPP Everywhere v1.1 update press release done with Anne Price and on to the SC reflector
- IN PROGRESS
- Refresh from action of 08/24/20
ACTION: 09/21/20 - Paul to send in an updated list of PWG documents to AMSC
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 11/16/20 - All to discuss IPP Everywhere v2.0 as a topic every 4-6 weeks
- OPEN
ACTION: 11/16/20 - Smith to connect with Apple / Microsoft / Google member primary and alternate contacts directly to encourage them to be present if possible (they've all been absent recently)
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 11/30/20 - Paul to produce a few "themes" for PR article topics and share with the PWG SC on the reflector for us to discuss via email or on a future call. Ideas: 3D printing security? / IPP 3D Everywhere? semantics? fundamentals / 2D vs. 3D printing?
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 11/30/20 - Smith to contact Mike Rhines to see if there is a need for further discussion with Mopria about "client-info-col" / "document-format-details"
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 12/14/20 - Smith to inquire with ISTO about getting a way to get the PWG SC the ability to pay for things directly
- CLOSED
-- Chair could release funds preemptively
-- EFTs are done once a week
-- Paul has experience dealing
ACTION: 12/14/20 - Smith to query Joni's manager about the delayed engagement on creating a new PWG WebEx account
- CLOSED
ACTION: 12/14/20 - Ira to send email to SC and IPP reflectors about very small project objectives for GSoC 2021, and larger project objectives LFMP 2021.
- CLOSED