It looks to me like we could usefully have some informational text drafted on the usage of "?", i.e. what it can be used for and what it cannot.
Further, can any implementation use it, or does it need specification Any volunteers. Regards Keith > -----Original Message----- > From: Dean Willis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 1:20 AM > To: DRAGE, Keith (Keith) > Cc: Huelsemann, Martin; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: AW: AW: [Sip] Extension of conference procedures > > > On Sep 5, 2007, at 6:10 AM, DRAGE, Keith ((Keith)) wrote: > > > So this is a convenient way to bring us back to the other > half of the > > issue which we do not seem to have discussed yet. When the > syntax was > > defined that allowed ?headers: > > > > Headers: Header fields to be included in a request constructed > > from the URI. > > > > Headers fields in the SIP request can be specified > with the > > "?" > > mechanism within a URI. The header names and values are > > encoded in ampersand separated hname = hvalue pairs. The > > special hname "body" indicates that the associated > hvalue is > > the message-body of the SIP request. > > > > What usage did the SIP WG envisage for this, and thus what > semantics > > did they define for that usage. > > > > Is it appropriate to assign new semantics to such usage? > > > > I believe we were confused about the differences between > headers and URI parameters and didn't quite get the "?" > notation used with HTTP cgi-bin. > > But that's just where it started. "?" notation has since been > fairly widely used as a way to "flatten" elements of a SIP > request for expression on a single (if somewhat long) line, > which has been shown to be somewhat useful in both REFER and > in retargeting proxies that allow one-line configuration of a > target URL. > > > -- > Dean > > _______________________________________________ Sip mailing list https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sip This list is for NEW development of the core SIP Protocol Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for questions on current sip Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for new developments on the application of sip
