Re: draft-ietf-impp-cpim-msgfmt syntax

Actually, MsgFmt is a (strict) subset of MIME...  Are you saying that
a MIME parser could not parse a MsgFmt message?

-derek

Dave Crocker <[email protected]> writes:

> Folks,
> 
> MsgFmt specifies a unique syntax, rather than using RFC2822 or XML as its
> syntactic reference.  This means that implementors will need to build a new
> parser.  (The fact that the syntax has a spriritual relationship with RFC
> 822 syntax does not mean that it will not require a new parser.)
> 
> The original version of MsgFmt used XML, in line with the rather massive
> trend towards its use in structured data representation, in order to take
> advantage of the quickly-growing repertoire of XML tools.
> 
> New parsers mean new code and new code means new bugs.
> 
> One would think that an effort seeking maximum interoperability would want
> to limit the sources of bugs.  (For that matter, one would think that an
> effort like this would seek to keep the implementation effort as small as
> possible, creating only what is essential for the main task of the format,
> namely IM message semantics.)
> 
> Hence one would have expected MsgFmt either to use a profile of RFC 2822 or
> to use XML.
> 
> There is still time to fix this and make a more appropriate choice.
> 
> d/
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