Notification authentication in CPIM

"Adrian Bateman" <[email protected]> writes:

> I read CPIM, but I would have thought that was a more appropriate
> location - does it not specify the usage of CPIM-MSGFMT for the transfer
> of instant messages? Why shouldn't it also describe the use of
> CPIM-MSGFMT for the transfer of presence data which seems arbitrarily
> independent of the MIME data embedded in such a message.

I don't really care which document specifies the embedding of PIDF
into CPIM-MSGFMT, so let me follow Adrian's suggestion and assume CPIM
is the correct place.

On the topic of instant messages, CPIM-02 says:

  2.3. Format of Instant Messages
     
     An INSTANT MESSAGE comprises a MIME
     Type="message/cpim,profile=im" object, as defined in
     XML/MIME[6] and MESSAGE/CPIM PROFILE FOR INSTANT
     MESSAGING. Representation of non-ASCII character sets in
     MIME is a standard feature of MIME.

which I gather will be changed into something like:

  2.3. Format of Instant Messages
     
     An INSTANT MESSAGE is an object of a MIME Type "message/CPIM", as
     defined in [CPIM-MSGFMT].  The 'From' header indicates the sender
     of the message.  The final section of the "message/CPIM" object
     is the MIME-encapsulated message content--the body of the instant
     message.

On the topic of presence service, CPIM-02 says:

  3.3. Format of Presence Information
     
     The format of a Presence message is a MIME
     "Message/cpim,profile=pres" object, as defined in
     MESSAGE/CPIM PROFILE FOR PRESENCE and XML/MIME[6].
     Representation of non-ASCII character sets in MIME is a
     standard feature of MIME.

which could be changed into something like: 

     A presence message is an object of MIME Type "message/CPIM", as
     defined in [CPIM-MSGFMT].  The 'From' header indicates the sender
     of the presence information.  The final section of the
     "message/CPIM" object is the MIME-encapsulated message content.
     For presence information, the MIME type of the content must be
     "application/cpim-pidf+xml".  This format is fully defined in
     [CPIM-PIDF].

This would work for me, and I'm sure it will make Adrian happier.

John


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