- From: <hallam@w3.org>
- Date: Sun, 10 Mar 96 23:06:04 -0500
- To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
- Cc: hallam@w3.org, http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com, hallam@w3.org
Well the situation from my perspective is that I am quite happy with the 1.1 spec for chunked encoding, I think that as specified it is OK. There is the one piece of wording which I would like to have changed which would have no impact on 1.1 generators but would allow later specs to possibly extend the chunked encoding. That is not so important however. What I was reacting to was a number of reports that the meeting at the IETF had suddenly decided on a 90 degree turn, to change the spec for the worse but without anyone being able to give a reason for the change. I don't think that there is actually any real disagreement, just some people nervous that there might be. Chunked encoding has been suggested for a very long time. I remember us discussing it back in '93. I really don't think that we need to kick it arround forever. Once one has decided to render a stream as a sequence of chunks there are only three places where one can attach attributes, at the beginning, at the end and on each chunk. I se a need for the first and the second of these today, they allow digital signatures to be attached to d dynamically created content. There is a posibility we might need the third at a later date so I would like us to hold open the door for that but not make a commitment at this time. Phill
Received on Sunday, 10 March 1996 21:58:16 UTC