I also agree with the "one document" approach... IF the IP issues can be
resolved quickly!
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Harry Lewis
IBM Printing Systems
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"Farrell, Lee" <lfarrell@cissc.canon.com>
Sent by: owner-ifx@pwg.org
08/24/2001 02:24 PM
To: "'Hiroshi Tamura'" <tamura@toda.ricoh.co.jp>, jpulera@minolta-mil.com
cc: Lloyd.McIntyre@pahv.xerox.com, ietf-fax@imc.org, klensin@jck.com,
ifx@pwg.org
Subject: RE: IFX> RE: notes from the ietf FAX wg meeting at IETF 51
I agree with John Pulera's "solution option 5". One document is best.
lee
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-----Original Message-----
From: Hiroshi Tamura [mailto:tamura@toda.ricoh.co.jp]
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 3:40 AM
To: jpulera@minolta-mil.com
Cc: Lloyd.McIntyre@pahv.xerox.com; ietf-fax@imc.org; klensin@jck.com;
ifx@pwg.org
Subject: IFX> RE: notes from the ietf FAX wg meeting at IETF 51
John,
> I believe it would be better and faster to resolve the IP issues quickly
and
> publish TIFF-FX as a single revised document. The revised document
should
> restrict the use of the existing image/tiff MIME type and .tif (or
.tiff)
> file name extensions to profiles S and F, and assign a new MIME type and
> file name extension for the profiles J, C, L, and M (perhaps image/tifx
and
> .tfx (or .tifx)). By restricting image/tiff to profiles S and F, TIFF-FX
> keeps compatibility with TIFF-6. By allowing image/tiff and .tif (or
.tiff)
> for the S and F profiles, TIFF-FX reflects what exists in many deployed
> TIFF-FX devices.
>
> Let's call this solution option 5. It's a variant of options 1 and 4.
Yes, a good idea. One document is better for all implementers, I think.
But, how do we separate is the discussion issue.
<snip>
> If the document remains as one, we avoid spending the time to edit and
gain
> acceptance of the new documents. In addition, with a single document
there
> are more people to pressure Adobe and Xerox to agree quickly on the IP
> issues.
Right. We need to avoid spending time for our market.
Thanks for your comment.
Regards,
-- Hiroshi Tamura, Co-chair of IETF-FAX WG E-mail: tamura@toda.ricoh.co.jp
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