Hi Tom,
I'd suggest you send your question (and possible comment) to
Lloyd McIntyre and Rob Buckley (the Xerox experts on TIFF-FX).
If the word-size really isn't specified, then it sure SEEMS
like an interoperability problem, but I'm out of my depth here.
Cheers,
- Ira
-----Original Message-----
From: Hastings, Tom N [mailto:hastings at cp10.es.xerox.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 9:07 PM
To: McDonald, Ira
Cc: 'ifx at pwg.org'
Subject: RE: IFX> FW: Last Call: File Format for Internet Fax to Draft
Sta ndard
In reading the I-D, it says on page 8:
An IFD can be at
any location in the file after the header but must begin on a word
boundary.
However, I do not find anywhere whether a word is two bytes or four bytes.
If a sender assumed two byte alignment but sends to a 32-bit architecture
receiver that assumes four byte alignment, this could cause an
interoperability problem if the 32-bit architecture doesn't allow unaligned
references. Right?
Should I make a public comment to the IETF during this IETF Last Call?
Thanks,
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: McDonald, Ira [mailto:imcdonald at sharplabs.com]
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 12:58
To: 'ipp at pwg.org'; 'ifx at pwg.org'
Subject: IFX> FW: Last Call: File Format for Internet Fax to Draft
Standard
-----Original Message-----
From: The IESG [mailto:iesg-secretary at ietf.org]
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 4:07 PM
Cc: ietf-fax at imc.org
Subject: Last Call: File Format for Internet Fax to Draft Standard
The IESG has received a request from the Internet Fax Working Group to
consider File Format for Internet Fax <draft-ietf-fax-tiff-fx-09.txt>
as a Draft Standard, obsoleting RFC 2301.
The IESG will also consider publication of Tag Image File Format (TIFF)
- image/tiff MIME Sub-type Registration
<draft-ietf-fax-tiff-regbis-02.txt> as a Best Current Practices RFC,
obsoleting RFC2302.
The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
final comments on this action. Please send any comments to the
iesg at ietf.org or ietf at ietf.org mailing lists by January 2, 2001.
Files can be obtained via
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-fax-tiff-fx-09.txthttp://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-fax-tiff-regbis-02.txt
Implementation report for File Format for Internet Fax can be found at
http://www.ietf.org/IESG/Implementations/TIFF-FAX-implementation.txt