There's also the question of what characters are legal in a map-vtag.
{7.5.1} says PID names have to be US-ASCII, alphanumeric, 64 characters
max. Why not do the same for map-vtags?
- Bill Roome
>Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:58:47 +0200
>From: Enrico Marocco <[email protected]>
>To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>
>Server implementations seen at the interoperability event have shown a
>broad variety of formats for the 'map-vtag' field, with lengths varying
>from 1 char to tens of chars. It has been pointed out that some explicit
>indication in the specs about the length and perhaps the format of the
>field could lead to a more homogeneous use of it.
>
>Possible options (please express and possibly motivate your preference):
>
> 1. leave the format and length unspecified, possibly allowing
> implementations to override its semantics (e.g. piggybacking
> additional/proprietary information);
>
> 2. define an upper limit to the length of the field, but leave format
> unspecified;
>
> 3. other.
>
>--
>Ciao,
>Enrico
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