Re: [mile] I-D Action: draft-ietf-mile-rfc5070-bis-16.txt

Alexey Melnikov <alexey.melnikov@isode.com> Thu, 17 March 2016 20:07 UTC

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Hi Roman,

On 17 Mar 2016, at 19:12, Roman D. Danyliw <rdd@cert.org> wrote:

>> From: Alexey Melnikov [mailto:alexey.melnikov@isode.com]
>> 
>> In 2.17:
>> 
>> formatid might need a bit more details. Can you provide some examples?
> 
> This @formatid is a holdover from the original RFC5070.  It is an opaque identifier that an implementer could use to provide guidance on how to parse this extension.
> 
> I'm struggling to come up with a good use case, but it would work as follows:
> 
> <Extension name="custom field1" dtype="string" meaning="explanation1" formatid="string-type1">
> <Extension name="custom field2" dtype="string" meaning="explanation2" formatid="string-type2">
> 
> The parser would know to process "custom field1" as a "string-type1" and "custom field 2" as a "string-type2".
> 
> Why the format information couldn't be inferred from @name assuming they are uniquely assigned; or an enumerated value set with @ext-dtype="string-type1 or string-type2" isn't clear.  
> 
> Remove?

I think either remove or add text (at least examples) to make this implementable from the document.

Best Regards,
Alexey