RE: draft-ietf-impp-cpim-pidf-06.txt (was: WG Last Call on multiple documents (deadline Jan 12))

On 24 January 2003 18:24, Peterson, Jon wrote:
> > From: Dave Crocker [mailto:[email protected]]

> >    The value of the
> >    attribute MUST be a decimal number between 0 and 1 inclusive with

> > at
> >    most 3 digits after the decimal point.  Higher values
> > indicate higher
> >    priority. Examples of priority values are 0, 0.021, 0.5, 1.00.
> > 
> > <<
> >    [[This is quite strange.  Why not keep things simple?  Instead of
> >    invoking fraction calculations (and representation), just specify
> >    the value to be an integer between 0 and 100.
> >    /d
> >    ]]
> > >>
> 
> I can't speak to the historical reasons why this was chosen, but this 
> couldn't be a show-stopper either way. I'd rather keep it as it is, 
> given the status of the document.

Originally, we had integer values. This was changed to fall in line with
the way priority works in other protocols - can't recall if it was HTTP
or SIP or something else.

Adrian.