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- The UDI vs. MIME argument is a non-arguement. MIME is sufficiently
- flexible that if you construct an appropriate Content-type and define
- its semantics appropriately it will accept UDI's and work accordingly.
- "Simple matter of programming" :).
-
- Explicit "attribute=value" tags are more flexible than the W3 approach
- to turn the entire document ID into a big long string. I guess it
- depends on whether you believe you are dealing with a big database
- or a big file system. Both approaches have their place. Again as
- a simplified case you have "udi=//host:port/path" as a MIME identifier
- and all is well.
-
- I expect that MIME will be available in many e-mail products over the next
- 3-5 years. Since the only application that has anywhere near universal
- appeal on the net is e-mail, it strikes me as only appropriate that
- hypertext systems try to get as much leverage from mail as they possibly
- can.
-
- --Ed
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