Re: [rtcweb] #13: Transport of DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN

Matthew Kaufman <matthew@matthew.at> Mon, 22 April 2013 05:21 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] #13: Transport of DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN
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On 4/11/2013 4:04 PM, rtcweb issue tracker wrote:
> #13: Transport of DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN
>
>   Comment on draft-jesup-rtcweb-data-protocol:
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>   All DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN messages MUST be sent reliably and in-order.
>
>

Ok, I've read the document and the whole discussion.

Why do we need DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN messages?

I can't understand the value of any of the things in there except 
possibly the "Label" field, which is allowed to be empty anyway(?)

Matthew Kaufman