Implementer-Friendly Specification of Message and MIME-Part Header Fields and Field Components
draft-lilly-field-specification-04
Yes
(Scott Hollenbeck)
No Objection
(Margaret Cullen)
(Mark Townsley)
Abstain
No Record
Note: This ballot was opened for revision 04 and is now closed.
Scott Hollenbeck Former IESG member
Yes
Yes
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Unknown
Brian Carpenter Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection
(2005-05-11)
Unknown
Suggested edits from Michael Patton: In section 4.1.1 I'd suggest splitting into two paragraphs. I think it would be clearer. Here's my suggestion, with some additional minor cleanup: Terms related to the Internet Message Format are defined in [N2.RFC2822]. Authors specifying extension header fields should use the same terms in the same manner in order to provide clarity and avoid confusion. For example, a "header" is comprised of "header fields", each of which has a "field name" and usually has a "field body". Each message may have more than one "header", viz. a message header and one or more MIME-part [N4.RFC2046] headers. For example, a message has a message header which contains a Date header field (i.e. a field with field name "Date"). However, there is no "Date header". Use of such non-standard terms is likely to lead to confusion, possibly resulting in interoperability failures of implementations. I would expand the simple sentence at the start of 4.1.2 to summarize the difference between what you're using these two terms for. I understand it, I just think the document would read clearer with a little more description to lead into this. I think that the considerations of Appendix A will be moot in the RFC, and thus it could also be removed as Appendix B is noted.
Margaret Cullen Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection
()
Unknown
Mark Townsley Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection
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Unknown
Russ Housley Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection
(2005-05-06)
Unknown
Please delete the second paragraph of the Abstract.
Ted Hardie Former IESG member
(was Discuss)
Abstain
Abstain
(2005-05-31)
Unknown
Updated to abstain after seeing preview copy of -04; Scott will follow up when the official copy is released.
Bert Wijnen Former IESG member
No Record
No Record
(2005-05-13)
Unknown
As reported via email before yesterdays telechat, I noticed a pretty strange (and in my view not-appropriate) disclaimer in this document: Appendix A. Disclaimers This document has exactly one (1) author. In spite of the fact that the author's given name may also be the surname of other individuals, and the fact that the author's surname may also be a given name for some females, the author is, and has always been, male. The presence of "or she", "/SHE", "each", "their", and "authors" (plural) in the boilerplate sections of this document is irrelevant. The author of this document is not responsible for the boilerplate text. Comments regarding the silliness, lack of accuracy, and lack of precision of the boilerplate text should be directed to the IESG, not to the author.