Excerpts from internet.ietf-822: 25-Oct-91 Re: transport-related issue..
John Noerenberg(_at_)qualcomm (1193)
In the main I think a version stamp is a *good* idea.
But since RFC-XXXX offers both subset compliance and full compliance, a UA
should be able to distinguish compliance with the RFC from this field.
Nathaniel, how about adding a RFC-XXXXs (for subset) token for this
purpose?
I'm not sure this helps. It doesn't define *what* subset. To do that,
of course, would require a MUCH more complex syntax, which I don't
advocate. I think that saying "RFC-XXXX" means "satisfies the
guidelines in the minimal conformance appendix" should suffice. I'm
not entirely sure what a "full" implementation would be anyway -- all
character sets? All image types? Must support mpeg video? I doubt
there will be any implementations THAT full for some time, if ever... --
Nathaniel