JDF & CIM -- Issues Are Not so CIMple

As entertaining as these exchanges have been, Harvey says he's not interested in repeating the debate since the questions have been asked and answered. He sees more value in the industry moving on to discussing real-world implementation stories and lessons learned by the pioneers.

The problem is, much about JDF (Job Definition Format) is still a work in progress and the experiences of early adopters are only starting to trickle out. This ties into the session's title and one of the concerns raised by Romano—that proponents of JDF often don't clearly distinguish between the reality of what is practical today versus the potential of the technology. He also believes the concept of CIM is being incorrectly equated with JDF implementation.