Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-fax-esmtp-conneg-06.txt

Hiroshi Tamura <[email protected]> Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:28:02 +0900 (JST)
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.fax
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Larry,

> > >      S: 250-CONNEG (&(type=image/tiff)
> > >      S: 250-CONNEG   (image-file-structure=TIFF-minimal)
> > >      S: 250-CONNEG   (MRC-mode=0)
> > 
> > I cannot see "type" feature tag in RFC2879.
> > Could you tell us where it is defined, if you know?
> > Or, can we use it, even if it is not defined?
> 
> The 'type' feature is defined in RFC 2913 "MIME Content Types
> in Media Feature Expressions", G. Klyne, September 2000.

Thanks. I've found it.

> > > because there is some possibility of using image/tiff
> > > or image/tiff-fx, or at least it is not clear which is mandated by
> the 
> > > other parameters.
> > 
> > Yes. But is it really necessary information
> > in capability description for sender side?
> > It is different from necessary features such as 
> > file-structure, density and paper-size.
> > 
> > This is just an example here.
> > It is up to the editors to include, I think.
> 
> This is just in the example. It is useful to show how
> content negotiation can be used with multiple MIME types.
> As Graham pointed out, it is useful also in 'converted-'
> headers to show, for example, if an image message was
> converted from some other MIME type.

Yes. I do not stick to it so much.
The editors will consider it.

Anyway, thanks.

Regards,
--
Hiroshi Tamura