At 20:21 06/07/04 +0530, Tanu Mutreja wrote:
I feel that few more parameters should / could also be added to the list
of content-disposition parameters. To be more precise, following
parameters related to the origin of a file should also be added i.e.
1. Source of the file creation
2. Author of the file
3. A parameter to represent if the material is copyrighted or not?
4. Version of the file
Notwithstanding the problematic issues noted elsewhere, I think it's also
important to consider that Content-disposition is *not* a catch-all bucket
for arbitrary message-content metadata (as Keith has also noted).
I think that alternative mechanisms that might be considered include:
- new header fields
- packaging the message with something like multipart/related and
additional content containing a widely used metadata format (e.g. RDF)
- linking the metadata to the content with something like a signature
structure (e.g. along the lines of http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-p3p-profile/)
- incorporation into a Content-features header (RFC2912); though this
might be regarded as stretching this beyond its original intended purpose
of conveying *media* features.
At this stage, you seem to be suggesting a solution without being clear how
the information would be used -- is intended to be displayed to a message
recipient, or consumed by a receiving application, or something else? A
clear statement of this requirement would, I think, make it easier to
suggest appropriate ways of conveying the information. Also: how
important is extensibility
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