Re: TIFF-FX: technical changes since RFC 2301

Dave Crocker <[email protected]> Thu, 19 Dec 2002 18:32:30 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.fax
Organization Brandenburg InternetWorking
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Folks,

Thursday, December 19, 2002, 11:04:42 AM, you wrote:
ned> What we have here is two MIME types: image/tiff and image/tiff-fx. The  former
ned> is defined for use with two profiles of TIFF, S and F.
...
ned> I therefore think it is entirely appropriate to say that image/tiff-fx SHOULD
ned> NOT be used to describe material that is known to conform to the more
ned> specific image/tiff type.

ahh.  overlapping coverage.  yes.  always a problem.  (sorry I missed that
this was the point.)

Forgive another bit of confusion: I've lost track of where this
recommendation is going to be put.

Presumably there is a good reason to have tiff-fx contain this redundant
capability.  So, presumably, there are times when it IS a good thing to use?

When is that?  And can we make the recommendation be clear about the
circumstance in which -fx use of the redundant profiles is discouraged,
versus when it is ok?

d/
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