Ira,
> The current spec REQUIRES that particular notifications
> convey the semantic meaning (at least) of various
> IPP Printer and Job object attributes.
>
> That requirements CANNOT be tested in implementations,
> because there is no discussion of how a human user
> can possibly determine that the 'printer-name' value
> is the next word in the notification content.
>
> The IETF has NEVER let a protocol standard advance
> on the Internet 'standards track' (AFTER Proposed
> Std) that contains an untestable MUST.
>
> To meet your (and other PWG members) desires, simply
> delete all language about the content OR change it
> be SHOULD (RECOMMENDED) and punt on testing.
I know the IETF works in strange and wonderful ways, but I don't
understand what you're saying. You're testing delivery of
e-mail with human-readable content that is supposed to contain
certain information. You run the software to produce the
e-mail message, you hand the message to a human (who understands
the localized language) to read, and they tell you whether the
required content is present. End of test.
If it were machine-readable content, you'd expect to be able to
parse it mechanically. But it's not.
David
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