DMTF Change Request

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DMTF Change Request Number [CIMCoreCR006655]	CIMCoreCR00966
CR Owner Name, Email [My Name, my.name@company.com]	Richard Landau, Richard_Landau@dell.com
Alliance Partner submitting CR request (if applicable)	Printer Working Group pwg.org
Alliance Partner vote history (e.g. SNIA XYZ Approved on 8/12/06)
Alliance Partner identifier/tracking number (if available)	CIMCoreCR_AssociatedPrintOutputTray.htm
Errata [Yes\|No]	No
Short Description	Add new class CIM_AssociatedPrintOutputTray to enhanced printer device model.
Spec, Document or Model(s) Being Changed [Application\|Core\|Database\|Device\|Event\|Interop\| Network\|Physical\|Policy\|Support\|System\|User ]	Core
Spec, Document or Model Version Incorporating the Change [2.16.0 Experimental \| Final]	2.17 Experimental
Filename(s) Incorporating the Change [Core/CIM_Container.mof, DSP0204.pdf]	CIM_AssociatedPrintOutputTray.mof
Date Originated [mm/dd/yyyy]	07/23/2007
Date of Last Revision of the Change Request [mm/dd/yyyy]	08/17/2007
Dependencies [CIMCoreCR00555,CIMCoreCR00600,...]	CIMCoreCR00901,CIMCoreCR00963

Terminology

The terminology used in this CR should conform to the "Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards", 5th Edition, 2005 available at:

http://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink.exe/fetch/2000/2122/3146825/4229629/4230450/4230456/ISO_IEC_Directives__Part_2__Rules_for_the_structure_and_drafting_of_International_Standards__2004__5th_edition___pdf_format_.pdf?nodeid=4230517&vernum=0

Particular attention shall be paid to Annex H which lays out guidelines for the expression of provisions.

Background/Rationale (Explanation of the background and reason(s) for the requested change, and supporting documentation):

As part of the PWG/DMTF Work Register, PWG is updating the printing-related classes in the CIM data model.

The PWG models for printing related devices and services include many properties that need to be managed but are not currently represented in CIM at all. The CIM model will be extended to include these important management objects. This will require extensions to the CIM_Printer class and the addition of other CIM classes to represent the capabilities, settings, and counters required.

Many early implementers of this class are expected to be proxy providers for SNMP-capable printers. A few properties in this class are included to permit software and users to correlate status and event information between CIM and legacy SNMP access paths. It is expected that such properties will be deprecated when they are no longer needed for this purpose.

The new current class, CIM_AssociatedPrintOutputTray, is one of several classes to be added. This association relates a PrintFinisher to a PrintOutputTray from which it receives media.

Alliance Partner Status (tracking number, other key identifiers, supporting documentation, etc.):

n/a

Requested Change (Change information such as details before/after the change and/or references documents (other then MOF) if the changes are too lengthy to include inline):

//add the class CIM_AssociatedPrintOutputTray

MOF Changes (The complete CIM Class (ASCII) using blue text for new, red text for removed and black text for no change, only one CIM Class can be changed per CR):

// Copyright (c) 2007 DMTF.  All rights reserved.
// ==================================================================
// CIM_AssociatedPrintOutputTray
// ==================================================================

   [Association, Experimental, Version ( "2.17.0" ),
       UMLPackagePath ( "CIM::Device::Printing" ), Description (
       "This class represents the association between a "
       "PrintOutputTray component of a Printer (print device) and a "
       "PrintFinisher component of the same Printer. Note: A "
       "PrintOutputTray may be associated with more than one "
       "PrintFinisher. See: Model in section 2 of Printer MIB (RFC "
       "3805) and section 3 of Finisher MIB (RFC 3806)."), 
    MappingStrings { "MIB.IETF|Finisher-MIB.finDeviceAssociatedOutputs" 
       }]
class CIM_AssociatedPrintOutputTray : CIM_Dependency {

      [Override ( "Antecedent" ), Description (
          "The PrintOutputTray (e.g., removable bin) component of a "
          "Printer.")]
   CIM_PrintOutputTray REF Antecedent;

      [Override ( "Dependent" ), Description (
          "The PrintFinisher component of the same Printer that needs "
          "or is associated with this PrintOutputTray.")]
   CIM_PrintFinisher REF Dependent;
};

Discussion Points (Summary of decisions and discussions of the WG in creating this CR) :

Comments from ballot closing 2007/08/17

Company

Issue and Response

Brocade

Should the cardinality be 1..* since the text states "A PrintOutputTray may be associated with more than one PrintFinisher"?

PWG: No, the relationship is many-to-many. OutputTray is a required part of the model, but Finisher is optional, typically add-on equipment such as staplers. Several logical output trays may feed finishing equipment, and several finishers may be connected in series to those output trays.

Change History (Mandatory after submission to the TC, May be used by the WGs):

Version	Date	Short description of changes
00	2007/07/23	Original version.
02	2007/08/05	New template.
03	2007/08/10	Fix color tags.
04	2007/08/17	Respond to ballot comments.

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