Re: So where are we at with WGLC of draft-ietf-sip-body-handling?

Hi Dale,

we are in agreement here. I also agree that rephrasing the text per your 
suggestion will make it clearer and more explicit.

> These
> statements could be corrected by changing "if its processing as a
> whole is required" to "if its processing as a whole is required for
> processing the enclosing body part or message".

Therefore, I will make this change in the three sentences in the 
following revision of the draft.

Thanks,

Gonzalo


[email protected] wrote:
>    From: Gonzalo Camarillo <[email protected]>
> 
>    So, if nobody objects, I suggest we specify the following:
> 
> I agree with everything in this message, except that I think the
> followig three statements should be removed:
> 
>    o the handling of a multipart/mixed is 'required' if its processing as a
>    whole is required.
> 
>    o the handling of a multipart/alternative is 'required' if its
>    processing as a whole is required.
> 
>    o the handling of a multipart/related is 'required' if its processing as
>       a whole is required.
> 
> These statements are not quite correct when multiparts are nested
> (I'll explain below), and the correct interpretation comes from
> applying the stated rules to the multipart's parent part.  These
> statements could be corrected by changing "if its processing as a
> whole is required" to "if its processing as a whole is required for
> processing the enclosing body part or message".
> 
> An example is:
> 
> 	multipart/mixed;handling=required
> 
> 	    multipart/mixed;handling=optional
> 
> 	        multipart/mixed;handling=required
> 
> 	            text/xml
> 
> In this case, the processing of the 3rd multipart is required in order
> to process the 2nd multipart, but since the 2nd multipart is optional,
> there is no assurrance the 3rd multipart will be processed.
> 
> Dale
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