Re: Question about EXI Draft - EXI Format Version

Hello Jaako,

Thank you for your reply.
I think it is useful for users to be described this behavior in the
specification clearly, even if it is implementation-dependent.
I hope this behavior is described in the recommendation too.

Regards,
Keisuke Tamiya

On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:51:39 +0200
Jaakko Kangasharju <jkangash@cc.hut.fi> wrote:
> Text relating to this case when considering potential future final EXI
> versions was indeed missing from the format specification. Currently,
> the specification requires an EXI processor to process any final
> version that it understands. For preview versions, the specification
> already says that the behavior is implementation-dependent.
> 
> As the working group cannot know what potential final EXI versions
> will look like in the future, we have decided not to constrain the
> processors in any manner in this case. We will therefore add text to
> the specification stating that the behavior on seeing a version number
> unknown to the processor (either preview or final) depends on the
> implementation, and possible behaviors include rejecting the stream.