Re: [apps-discuss] I-D Action: draft-ietf-appsawg-rfc3462bis-01.txt

[Ned Freed <[e-mail]>]

> ---- Original Message -----
> From: "Alexey Melnikov" <[e-mail]>
> To: "Ned Freed" <[e-mail]>
> Cc: <[e-mail]>
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 10:03 PM
> > >> >
> > >> The new version addresses my earlier concerns.
> > >> One small new issue:
> > >
> > >> The newly added:
> > >> 5. Registering New Report Types
> > >
> > >>     Registration of new media types for the purpose of creating a new
> > >>     report format SHOULD note in the Intended Usage section of the media
> > >>     type registration that the type being registered is suitable for use
> > >>     as a report-type in the context of this specification.
> > >
> > >> What does "suitable for use as a report-type" means exactly?
> > >
> > > It means you're supposed to say something like:
> > >
> > >    This media type is suitable for use in report-type parts per
> > > RFC3462bis.
> > >
> > > in the Intended Usage section of the type registration.
> >
> > Ok, maybe this is just me, but I don't think this is clear. Maybe say
> > "suitable for use as the second body part of a multipart/report" instead?

Seems like a reasonable change to me.

> Surely it should say

> "Registration of new media types for the purpose of creating a new
> report format SHOULD note in the Intended Usage section of the media
> type registration
> **whether or not
> the type being registered is suitable for use
> as a report-type in the context of this specification."

No, because a new report format is by definition suitable for use in
this area. If it weren't it would not qualify as this sort of type.

> As the text stands, it merely says that all new media types are suitable,
> which seems rather pointless:-)

That might apply if this document was discusingg media types in general, but
it isn't. This is quite specifically about report formats, and this text
is about the need to note that such formats identify themselves as such
in their registration.

				Ned