Subject: IPP> [Fwd: I-D ACTION:draft-day-envy-00.txt]

From: James Walker <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 08:09:25 -0600

As long as others are forwarding IETF announcements ;-)...

Here is yet another view on using HTTP for another protocol (presence
information, in this case).  And, yes, this one is a negative view of
HTTP as a general protocol carrier, for some of the same reasons that
we have heard from others.

One thing is obvious about this whole subject... people seem
to be strongly on one side of the fence or the other.

enjoy...
...walker

--
Jim Walker <[email-masked]>
System Architect/DAZEL Wizard
DAZEL Corporation, Austin, TX

Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-day-envy-00.txt
From: [email-masked]
To: IETF-Announce:;@ns.ietf.org
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 10:15:41 -0500

A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.

	Title		: ''HTTP Envy'' and Presence Information Protocols
	Author(s)	: M. Day
	Filename	: draft-day-envy-00.txt
	Pages		: 3
	Date		: 16-Mar-98
	
There are a variety of proposals [Calsyn, Mohr] for building a
presence information protocol as a variant or version of HTTP.  This
document summarizes why I believe that is not a good idea.

Internet-Drafts are available by anonymous FTP.  Login with the username
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type "cd internet-drafts" and then
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