Re: draft-ietf-sip-info-events-00: Content-Type vs Info-Package [was RE: draft-ietf-sip-info-events-00: multiple packages per INFO]
Dean Willis <[email protected]>
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On Oct 23, 2008, at 12:59 PM, Christer Holmberg wrote: > Hi, > >>> Shouldn't we use Content-Type to indicate what is in the message >>> body? >>> After all, we may need Content-Length etc. >> >> Ah, no. >> >> We had extended conversations on this earlier. Content-Type tells >> you >> what's in the body; it just doesn't tell you what to DO with the >> body. >> >> What, for example, is the purpose of an image/jpeg in an INFO? > > That is not what I meant. > > We can use the Info-Package header, but can't we use a generic mime > value - which tells us that there is an info package in the body. > Nope. Not only might you have multiple bodies per INFO, you might have several different MIME types that might be usable with a given info- package. For example, an image push app might use image/jpeg, image/gif, image/ raw, etc. The package defines which type or types are allowed. -- Dean _______________________________________________ Sip mailing list https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sip This list is for NEW development of the core SIP Protocol Use [email protected] for questions on current sip Use [email protected] for new developments on the application of sip