Re: taxonomies

At 9:50 PM +0100 2/6/04, Hadmut Danisch wrote:
>On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 09:03:18AM -0800, Paul Hoffman / IMC wrote:
>>
>>  Set C:
>>  + mixed parts
>>    : marked for human consumption
>>    : marked for machine consumption
>
>
>Would a fax which is printed automatically be marked
>for human or machine consumption?

That's an interesting question. The requirement that comes out of it could be:

   "The sender should be able to suggest the processing for a 
particular message."

But a counter-requirement is:

   "The recipient must be able to fully control the processing of 
messages received."

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium