Hi Harry,
It is a serious mistake to limit email to human-readable.
Otherwise I agree with your MUST for email below.
The IETF does NOT like intranet-only solutions in IETF
standards (they usually simply remove them). And a MUST
solution for the Internet proper that can't convey the full
'application/ipp' semantics is going to fail approval by
the IETF.
If we are developing an Internet standard then we should
get on with it and abide by the IETF's rules and philosopy.
Cheers,
- Ira McDonald, consulting architect at Xerox and Sharp
High North Inc
-----Original Message-----
From: harryl at us.ibm.com [mailto:harryl at us.ibm.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 10:01 PM
To: pmoore at peerless.com
Cc: ipp at pwg.org
Subject: Re: IPP> notification methods
I feel a more accurate way of looking at it is:
1. If a device is configured to provide event notification across the
Internet it MUST support mailto
2. If a device is configured to provide event notification in the context
of an Intranet it SHOULD support INDP
We could live with the proposal to bind human/mail vs. machine/indp.
However, this ignores the fact that INDP also handles human readable.
Harry Lewis
IBM Printing Systems
pmoore at peerless.com
Sent by: owner-ipp at pwg.org
07/20/2000 09:31 AM
To: ipp at pwg.org
cc:
Subject: IPP> notification methods
Following the SF meeting I would like to formally propose the following.
1. If a device wants to expose human readable events then it MUST support
the
mailto method
2. If a device wants to expose machine readable events then it MUST
support the
INDP method
But we do not UNCONDITIONALLY require either.
(Now dons flame-proof clothing and awaits flaming)