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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>While revising the UIF spec, some issues have
surfaced and it would be great if we <SPAN class=783301116-07062001>can
generate some discussion on them</SPAN>:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>1) The MIME type for UIF
data</STRONG>.<BR> From the IPPFAX
teleconferences held on May 30 & June 6, there was consensus to use
"image/tiff; application=faxbw" and "image/tiff; application=faxcolor". The
primary argument for using these was that it is the same MIME type used for
Internet Fax, and so there would be less of a conformance issue with an IPPFAX
device serving as a gateway for Internet Fax documents.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=783301116-07062001> However...If
we are going to make UIF a protocol-independent data format (which was also
agreed at the May 30 telecon), I do not think think we should directly associate
it with Internet Fax. Perhaps "image/tiff; application=uif" would be a better
compromise in that UIF would be made independent of Internet Fax
while existing TIFF readers can still do something with the UIF
data.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=783301116-07062001></SPAN><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=783301116-07062001> In addition,
is it valid to use the same MIME type as Internet Fax if the data requirements
for UIF and TIFF-FX are not identical? (TIFF-FX is more strict
with resolutions and allowed image widths)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=783301116-07062001></SPAN><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=783301116-07062001><STRONG>2) The use of the terms "Client" to mean the
"Sender" and "Host" to mean the "Receiver".</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=783301116-07062001> Is "Client" interchangeable with
"Sender" and "Host" with "Receiver"? Should we be using the more generic terms
"Client" and "Host" instead of "Sender" and "Receiver" in the UIF spec since the
UIF spec is NOT protocol-specific?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=783301116-07062001>Does anyone
have any thoughts on these issues?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=783301116-07062001>Thanks,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=783301116-07062001>John</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>