Note: The information below was for a VPIM "Boot Camp" that was held February 1999. The information may no longer be accurate or applicable.

We have scheduled a half day session devoted to advancing the VPIM Interoperability Testing effort. The primary reason for this is to assistvendors in getting implementations interoperable in early 1999.

The date is FEBRUARY 4th Thursday from 9-12:30 East Coast USA time.(6AM-9:30 California; 2-5:30 London). This meeting is in the same locationand time as the other EMA work group meetings. It will be held in McLean,VA (outside of Washington DC). A telephone bridge is also being set up forthose who will not be at the meeting in person.

Bridge Number +1-919-905-6338

Passcode 815559#

Below is the proposed agenda:

• review goals of testing (Glenn Parsons, Nortel)
• review of VPIM - v2 features (Glenn Parsons; Greg Vaudreuil, Lucent)
• description of the testing process, test by test (Glenn Parsons) - see document: [HTML]
• what you need to do before you start testing (Marty Cohen, Nortel) - see document: [HTML] [PDF]
• posting positive results on web (Glenn Parsons)
• marketing requirements for participation (Bern Elliot)

Please feel free to suggest additional topics.

We are not planning to actually conduct testing as part of this half daysession. We are planning to find a block of time to schedule awide scale testing session by multiple participants. For example block outtwo weeks in Feb or March when many implementations would up and availableto perform testing and then to set specific times for pair-wise testing.

Please Email Glenn Parsons (gparsons@nortelnetworks.com) or myself (elliot@acm.org) directly with resposes andquestions. Please indicate if you plan to attend in person or by phone (or both). This will let us properly prepare material and telephone bridgeports.