3GPP TSG-T2 #5 / ETSI SMG4
Helsinki, FINLAND, 6-9 September 1999	TSGT2#5(99)657	

Agenda Item:	

Source:	Gary Adams - SMI Software Development

Title:	Re: LSs from 3GPP T2 MExE

Document for:	Information

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From: Gary Adams - SMI Software Development
[mailto:gra@zeppo.East.Sun.COM] 
Sent: 02 September 1999 22:30
To: Gary.Adams@east.sun.com; Friedhelm.Rodermund@etsi.fr
Cc: aap008@email.sps.mot.com; mcatald1@ecid.cig.mot.com
Subject: Re: LSs from 3GPP T2 MExE

Sorry for the late update. Vacation schedules have made it difficult 
to assemble an official response in time for the Sept MExE group meeting.

Most of the information that was requested in the last batch of LS
statements to Sun or to the JavaPhone team is not publicly available at this time.  I
would like to encourage direct communication with individual specification leads
in the future, so that I do not end up as a bottleneck for getting the
information you require.  e.g.  for information about the User Preferences API expert
group [T2X99112] you should be able to contact Joshua Bloch (joshua.bloch@sun.com)
directly.  I don't believe their group has released a schedule or any newer
updates than you have already seen.

With regards to the messaging functionality [T2X99116] there has been some
work to formulate an expert group to address a J2ME wireless profile, but a
formal JSR has not yet been released describing the scope of that effort. Given
your  short release timetable, this effort might not be completed in time for your
release schedule.

The location information interface [T2X99132] has only been discussed
casually in the JavaPhone group. If the expertise is already represented 
within the MExE group we would encourage those companies to come forward
with a JSR and the resources to help move this effort forward through the 
open Java Community Process.