RE: I-D ACTION:draft-mehta-rmt-flute-sdp-05.txt

Hi All

The changes to this version of the flute-sdp document are:

- "Restricted behaviour" (formally named "default behaviour") is no
longer the default. So the mode not using "Composite Session" is still
allowed but is generally not recommended (this allows compatibility with
3GPP's FLUTE SDP and DVB's FLUTE SDP whilst still making it clear what
is expected for the Public Internet). Note, this was previously the
show-stopper but the text and meaning has been improved in several
places so that now all commenters are satisfied.

- Composite Session semantics+syntax are now first specified generically
and specifically for FLUTE sessions. i.e. it now much easier to
reference this document to use a CS grouping token for other-than-FLUTE
sessions in future

- Bandwidth specification is improved with TIAS being recommended (AS is
still optional)

- And a handful of formatting improvements

Based on all prior comments this I-D is ready for WGLC (in the humble
opinion of the authors). Only response to Imed's question on applying
thee semantics and syntax to SDP for underspecified ALC sessions remains
to be tested and decided whether Imed's additions shall be added.

Cheers, Rod.


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Walsh Rod (Nokia-NRC/Tampere) 
>Sent: 31 January, 2006 11:58
>To: [email protected]; [email protected]
>Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-mehta-rmt-flute-sdp-05.txt 
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>A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line 
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>	Title		: SDP Descriptors for FLUTE
>	Author(s)	: H. Mehta, et al.
>	Filename	: draft-mehta-rmt-flute-sdp-05.txt
>	Pages		: 30
>	Date		: 2006-1-30
>	
>This document specifies the use of SDP to describe the parameters
>   required to begin, join, receive data from, and/or end FLUTE
>   sessions.  It also provides a Composite Session SDP media grouping
>   semantic for grouping media streams into protocol-specific sessions,
>   such as multiple-channel FLUTE sessions.
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