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RE: IFX> FW: Last Call: File Format for Internet Fax to Draft Sta ndard

From: McDonald, Ira (imcdonald@sharplabs.com)
Date: Fri Dec 08 2000 - 16:52:23 EST

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    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@cp10.es.xerox.com]
    Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 9:07 PM
    To: McDonald, Ira
    Cc: 'ifx@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@sharplabs.com]
    Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 12:58
    To: 'ipp@pwg.org'; 'ifx@pwg.org'
    Subject: IFX> FW: Last Call: File Format for Internet Fax to Draft
    Standard

    -----Original Message-----
    From: The IESG [mailto:iesg-secretary@ietf.org]
    Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 4:07 PM
    Cc: ietf-fax@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@ietf.org or ietf@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.txt
    http://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



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