Due to the reduction of the number of work groups, we need to reorganize the membership rules for the Technical Steering Comittee (TSC)

If any active CIP4 member is interested in joining the TSC, please send an informal email to secretariat@cip4.org stating this intention.

Requirements for TSC membership:

• Active participation in TSC phone conferences
• Active participation in interop meetings and TSC face to face meetings (Joining most interops is sufficient)
• Technical interest and proficiency with JDF, XJDF, PrintTalk etc. at a reasonable level. (No formal tests required)
• Non-partisan technical interest in the developments of CIP4

The current TSC will review the applications by early June 2018 and unless we have a deluge of applications, I anticipate that any reasonable application will be accepted.

CIP4 is pleased to announce the releases of a new version of the Job Description Format (JDF) specification. The Version 1.6 specification is now available at www.cip4.org. In addition to incorporating a number of technical enhancements and additions, this new version is backward compatible with JDF 1.5 and previous versions. CIP4 has also begun the process of creating an online Integration Matrix enabling JDF users to quickly identify vendor pairings that have already been successfully integrated, a tool that will be helpful to users seeking new solutions to integrate within an existing business and/or production workflow.

CIP4 is pleased to announce the release of XJDF, the latest iteration of the JDF standard. XJDF is designed to simplify workflow automation by making it easier to both implement, and validate with the use of standard XML tools. CIP4 has developed XJDF to build upon, and improve, based upon historical experience with the JDF standard over the past nearly two decades. The new standard will coexist in parallel with JDF 1.6, which is being released simultaneously. This concurrent release of both versions offers industry stakeholders the option to incorporate JDF, XJDF or a combination of the two into their product offerings and/or production environments.

The integration matrix at https://cip4.org/jdfwork/jdf-integration-matrix/jdf-matrix-application.html is still sparsely populated.

We will have someone on site to update the matrix in real time. If you are coming to the interop please be prepared with a list of your companies products and the respective products that you integrate with.

If you are not coming to the interop please download and send the form to secretariat@cip4.org so that we have a basis to work on.

The Bologna Interop is approaching rapidly  - see Interop 34: Bologna, Italia. If you haven't registered yet, please do so soon.

Note also that we have a straw poll at the bottom of the registraion page due to some opening hours issues with our anticipated social event venue.

Vote Now!

The second release candidates for JDF and XJDF are available for review at JDF and XJDF.

There are currently no open issues in JIRA and these release candidates are anticipated to be very, very close to the final specification versions. Please create issues in JIRA for any typographical or editorial issues that you may find. Technical issues will not be addressed outside of an errata workflow which is still to be discussed at the Bologna interop.

The final publication is scheduled for the end of February 2018.

The first release candidates for JDF and XJDF are available for review at JDF and XJDF.

The IP review for both specifications has been completed successfully with no objections from members.

The final publication is scheduled for January 2018.

The final specification review version of XJDF and JDF 1.6 are now available for download at:

JDF 1.6 Details: https://confluence.cip4.org/display/PUB/JDF+1.6+IP+Review

This is the 4th and final call for review of  XJDF and JDF 1.6 according the CIP4 Intellectual Property Policy:

 
V. Publication Specification Review:
A final draft of each proposed Specification will be distributed to all Members for review not less than 60 days prior to final acceptance and publication of such Specification and the Member agrees to give, for all patent claims necessary to implement any area of the Specification, via email to the Secretariat@cip4.org, prior to the expiration of the 60-day review period(…)

The review period commences now and continues until October 31 2017.

Please let me know if you have any Intellectual Property related to XJDF or JDF 1.6 and if so which of the options you choose to grant:

A.) When requested, Member will grant a license to any such patent claim, at any time issued,
without compensation, to any applicant, regardless of competitive status, desiring to utilize
the license for the purpose of implementing the Specification; or
B.) When requested, Member will grant a license to any such patent claimant any time issued, to
any applicant, regardless of competitive status, under fair and reasonable terms and conditions,
to utilize the license for the purpose of implementing the Specification; or
C.) For each patent claim, at any time issued, that is necessary to implement areas of the Specification,
the Member is not willing to comply with or to give assurances under "A" or "B".

The Dresden Interop date will remain as originally planned: September 18-22 2017

See you all in Dresden!

Due to a collision with a medical conference in Dresden during our scheduled week of September 18-22 we may have to shift the Interop back by one week.

Please do not finalize your travel just yet. We will keep you posted here.

https://confluence.cip4.org/download/attachments/21138327/XJDF-Specification-2.0-DRAFT-IP-2.pdf

https://confluence.cip4.org/download/attachments/21138314/JDF-Specification-1.6-DRAFT-IP-2.pdf

https://www.cip4.org/files/cip4/documents/2005-06-03_CIP4_IP_Policy.pdf 

Please review the specification drafts carefully and post comments as Adobe fdf files in the tables at 

https://confluence.cip4.org/display/PUB/XJDF+IP+Review

and

The 30 day publication review period ends on July 8 2017. Minor technical and editorial modifications may still be applied and will be tracked in the CIP4 issue tracking system: https://jira.cip4.org

Please let me know if you have any Intellectual Property related to JDF 1.6 or XJDF  and if so which of the options you choose to grant:

A.) When requested, Member will grant a license to any such patent claim, at any time issued,
without compensation, to any applicant, regardless of competitive status, desiring to utilize
the license for the purpose of implementing the Specification; or
B.) When requested, Member will grant a license to any such patent claimant any time issued, to
any applicant, regardless of competitive status, under fair and reasonable terms and conditions,
to utilize the license for the purpose of implementing the Specification; or
C.) For each patent claim, at any time issued, that is necessary to implement areas of the Specification,
the Member is not willing to comply with or to give assurances under "A" or "B".

 

https://confluence.cip4.org/download/attachments/688513/XJDF-Specification-2.0-DRAFT-IP-1.pdf

https://confluence.cip4.org/download/attachments/21138314/JDF-Specification-1.6-DRAFT-IP-1.pdf

https://www.cip4.org/files/cip4/documents/2005-06-03_CIP4_IP_Policy.pdf 

Please review the specification drafts carefully and post comments as Adobe fdf files in the tables at 

https://confluence.cip4.org/display/PUB/XJDF+IP+Review

and

The initial 60 day review period ends on June 6 2017. Minor technical and editorial modifications may still be applied and will be tracked in the CIP4 issue tracking system: https://jira.cip4.org

Thanks to everyone who has invested in making XJDF and JDF 1.6 happen!

LAST CALL TO BOOK YOUR ROOM ! DEADLINE Friday 23

You have until Friday 23 to book your room, otherwise the remaining rooms will be awarded for sale.

The Strasbourg Interop will be from October 10-14 in Strasbourg

If you have  not yet registered your hotel room, now is the time - otherwise the hotel will put the remaining rooms up for sale.

Details of the interop can be found at: Strasbourg Interop