Hi, It's not about A knowing what B "needs" - it's about A telling B that there may be some information he is interested in sending - IF B wants it.
Regards, Christer > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Burger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 15. lokakuuta 2007 15:00 > To: Christer Holmberg > Cc: IETF SIP List > Subject: Re: What are we arguing about when we say INFO? (was > Re: [Sip] INFO) > > Under what circumstances would A know what B needs, without B > explicitly signaling B's needs to A? > > > On 10/15/07 3:24 AM, "Christer Holmberg" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > [snip] > > [Christer] One issue with the subscription mechanism is > that when A is > > interested to receive events from B it sends a subscription to B. > > There is basically no good way for A to tell B "Hey, I have some > > events I would like to send you (if you support them), so please > > subscribe to them". For some applications B KNOWS it will have to > > subscribe to certain events from A, but in some cases B may again > > subscribe to events "just in case". I think it would be useful if A > > somehow could indiate which events it expects B to > subscribe to for this specific call. > > > Notice: This email message, together with any attachments, > may contain information of BEA Systems, Inc., its > subsidiaries and affiliated entities, that may be > confidential, proprietary, copyrighted and/or legally > privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the > individual or entity named in this message. If you are not > the intended recipient, and have received this message in > error, please immediately return this by email and then delete it. > _______________________________________________ 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
