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- Network Working Group C. Rogers
- Request for Comments: 1927 ISI
- Category: Informational 1 April 1996
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- Suggested Additional MIME Types for Associating Documents
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- Status of this Memo
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- This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo
- does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of
- this memo is unlimited.
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- 1) New MIME Types: Staple and "Paper" Clip
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- 1) indicates the degree of binding of multipart documents:
- stapled documents should stay together on the desktop,
- while paper clipped ones should be easily spreadable
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- 2) big paper clips vs small ones; heirarchical assembly
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- 3) big vs small for large documents vs. small ones?
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- 4) warning! the presence of electronic staples or paper clips
- may break some programs, particularly those designed to do
- high-speed copying!
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- 2) patents on the electronic staple and paper clip
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- 1) use First Virtual to record a charge each time new staples
- or paper clips are made.
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- 2) to reduce transmission charges, electronic staples should be
- bought in boxes of 5000. Reference: Apple's "bento"
- technology?
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- 3) electonic staples should have a standard "size and shape"
- so a supply of staples could be used be used by several
- programs.
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- 3) recycling electronic staples and paper clips
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- 1) to assure proper accounting, and to detect patent violations
- (people making their own electronic staples), it may be
- necessary to attach a certificate to each staple or paper
- clip.
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- RFC 1927 MIME Types: Associating Documents 1 April 1996
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- 2) When a file or folder is deleted, a "recycler" program could
- look inside for staples or paper clips that could be reused
- or recycled.
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- 1) staples could be reycled for a small credit
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- 2) paper clips could be reused.
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- 4) custom-look electronic staples and paper clips
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- 1) when stabled or clipped documents are displayed on the
- desktop, there should be some icon or visual indicator to
- show the presence of the (possibly removable) staple
- or paper clip
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- 2) "color=" and "shape=" attributes in the MIME line should
- allow senders to customize the appearance of individual
- staples or paper clips.
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- 1) this could have some significance for office filing
- systems, for instance: a silver paper clip could
- trigger one workflow component, while
- a gold paper clip could trigger another.
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- 3) "src=" would allow the specification of a URL of the image to
- be shown, for even greater control of appearance.
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- 4) it should be possible to specify 3D modelling of your custom
- paper clip, for electronic desktops being viewed through
- virtual reality headsets
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- 5) electronic paper clip sculpture
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- 1) instead of discarding or reusing paper clips, it should be
- possible to "bend" them and display the resulting sculpture
- on the desktop
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- 1) a morphing interface would be suitable
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- 2) linked chains of paper clips
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- 3) each paper clip should keep track of how many times it has
- been bent. Above a certain limit, the clip should fail.
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- RFC 1927 MIME Types: Associating Documents 1 April 1996
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- 6) electronic paper clips as page flags
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- 1) in addition to using electronic paper clips to group related
- documents, it should be possible to attach an electronic
- paper clip to a single page of a multipage document or
- collection of documents. This highlights or draws
- attention to the page.
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- 2) it should be possible to include positioning information
- with the electronic paper clip, to mark specific paragraphs
- or sentences
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- 3) combinations of color, shape, size, position, orientation,
- etc. could have special meaning
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- 7) additional safety hazards of electronic paper clips
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- 1) they should not be used on data flines which might end up in
- the hands of very small children
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- 1) thus, one should consider keeping them in a locked
- drawer of the electonic desk on home PCs
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- 2) they should not be attached to documents on floppy disks, as
- they may erase portions of the floppy
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- Security Considerations
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- Security issues are not discussed in this memo.
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- Author's Address
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- Craig Milo Rogers
- USC/Information Sciences Institute
- 4676 Admiralty Way
- Marina del Rey, CA 90292
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- Phone: 310-822-1511
- EMail: rogers@isi.edu
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