Re: Question about GGEP

Hello David,

Welcome to Gnutella.

Quoting david_chen100 <[email protected]> from ml.gnutella.dev-forum:
:The GGEP Specification does not say anything about about the format of
:the GGEP Extension Data.  I understand this to mean that the GGEP
:values are arbitrary raw bytes, whose interpretation is left to the
:writers and readers of the particular GGEP key.
:
:Is this an accurate statement?

Indeed, it is.

:If this is true, then what do we do about universally recognized GGEP
:keys (GGEPs which are used by almost all servents) which are encoded
:as Strings?  Is there a default (implied, standard) encoding (such as
:UTF-8) that is used?

It is the duty of each "key author" to document the format of the values,
as stated above.  If the value is a string, then it must be understood as
UTF-8 unless specified otherwise.  It does not make any sense to use
a proprietary or legacy charset nowadays for inter-system communications.

Cheers,
Raphael