How does placing a URI denoting the target of an IPP request inside our protocol (as an IPP attribute) facilitate this kind of demux?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Kugler [SMTP:kugler@us.ibm.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 1998 11:21 AM
> To: ipp@pwg.org
> Subject: Re: IPP> Identifying jobs in requests
>
> >
> > The demultiplexing front-end is not IPP, and is therefore some
> type of
> > "transport-helper". While the IPP protocol document must stand
> on its own,
> > independent of any such transport, and therefore identifiers
> within the
> > protocol would still be mandatory ( Of course, my argument is
> entirely
> > based upon the WG's decision that IPP must be transport
> independent ).
> >
> > Randy
> >
>
> Randy-
>
> If the demultiplexing front-end is not IPP, how is it able to
> read IPP attributes?
>
> - Carl
> >
> > ----------
> > > From: Jay Martin <jkm@underscore.com>
> > > To: Randy Turner <rturner@sharplabs.com>
> > > Cc: ipp@pwg.org
> > > Subject: Re: IPP> Identifying jobs in requests
> > > Date: Wednesday, June 03, 1998 9:32 AM
> > >
> > > Randy Turner wrote:
> > > >
> > > > We use URIs to identify IPP objects. If we want IPP to
> maintain
> > > > transport-independence, then we will always need to have
> some type of
> > valid
> > > > URI denoting the target of an IPP request inside our
> protocol.
> > >
> > > Not necessarily. Sure, in the case of a demultiplexing
> front-end,
> > > it would be necessary to have the target embedded in the
> protocol
> > > message, but not necessary for single-Printer
> implementations.
> > >
> > > I don't have a problem with embedding the target URI in the
> PDU,
> > > but if we get into a big mess with regard to reconciling a
> similar
> > > target in the outer/lower transport level (eg, HTTP), then
> we might
> > > want to consider pulling out the embedded target URI.
> > >
> > > It would be nice to hear from others on this topic.
> > >
> > > ...jay
> > >
> > >
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