Subject: Minutes from the CIW held on November 3rd, 1995

From: "Richard L. Daugherty ((919) 254-6838)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 95 07:29:27 EST

The CPIC Implementers' Workshop was held on November 3rd, 1995
at the North Raleigh Hilton, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Ten people attended representing five companies.
This report contains the highlights of the meeting.

Future CIW meetings will be held at the AIW.  They
will appear on the AIW agenda as a "RIG" (Related
Interest Group).

The X/Open CPI-C 2.0 specification is in the process of
being re-issued as a CAE specification.  All technical
errors identified by X/Open have been applied to the
draft CPI-C 2.1 specification.

The current plans are to print the CPI-C 2.1 specification
at year-end.  Copies of the specification were handed out to
attendees.  The final draft is available electronically via
anonymous ftp at:
 URL: ftp://networking.raleigh.ibm.com/pub/standards/ciw/spec/cpic21.psbin
Closed pages is being requested now.  Please provide any comments
by January 1st, 1996.

The active items in the CIW technical plan were reviewed and the
following actions taken:

  Service TP Support - The changes were advanced to CP status.
  They are included in the CPI-C 2.1 draft.

  Simulated FDX - The proposal was advanced to CP status, with the
  following editors instructions:
    1.  The document will be re-titled to "Simulated FDX
        Interoperability Recommendation".
    2.  The following text will be added to the protocol mapping
        section of the CPI-C 2.1 specification.

        "If the CRM used by the CPI-C implementation does not support
         full-duplex conversations, and the implementation desires
         to provide simulated full-duplex support, then the implementation
         should follow the "Simulated FDX Interoperability
         Recommendation" in order to interoperate with existing
         FDX simulations.  The recommendation is available on the
         Internet at URL:
    ftp://networking.raleigh.ibm.com/pub/standards/ciw/spec/fdxsim.psbin

   Cancel_Conversation changes - The changes were advanced to CP.
   They are included in the CPI-C 2.1 draft.

   PIP Data Conformance for LU 6.2 - Status change was not requested.
   The conformance statement is in the currently available draft
   specification.  CP will be requested with the overall specification.

   Conversation Level Callback Function - status change was not
   requested.  The sponsor, Wall Data, has since requested that the
   item be removed from the work plan.  This will occur unless
   another sponsor speaks up within the next two weeks.

   Directory Services - status change was not requested.  Members
   are invited to review and provide comments on the proposal.
   It is at the following URLs:
ftp://networking.raleigh.ibm.com/pub/standards/aiw/appn/directory/locsrvc1.ps
ftp://networking.raleigh.ibm.com/pub/standards/aiw/appn/directory/locsrvc1.txt

   Comments should be sent to [email-masked].
   A short tutorial on ANAME was given by John Broughton, IBM.
   Members should also familiarize themselves with the ANAME
   documentation available at URLs:
ftp://networking.raleigh.ibm.com/pub/protocols/APPC_APPN/asuite/asuite_spec.ps
ftp://networking.raleigh.ibm.com/pub/protocols/APPC_APPN/asuite/asuite_spec.txt

   Specify Local Address - No status change was requested.  AttachMate will
   provide an AP proposal.

Other discussions:
Windows Environment - a discussion of DLL ordinals and naming
was held.  Companies are invited to share their DLL names and
ordinals with the rest of the CIW members.  The discussion will
be placed on the agenda for the next CIW, if a member company
desires to submit a proposal.

WOSA CPI-C was also discussed.  The CIW chair will extent an
invitation to Microsoft to present the WOSA CPI-C extensions
to the CIW at a future CIW.

It was also announced that John Broughton ([email-masked])
has been appointed to the position of CIW chair.

Rich Daugherty
Former CIW Chair