Moreover this is essentially a compatibility rule - what alternative would you propose as available to the device?
regards
Keith
From: geopriv-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:geopriv-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Ray.Bellis@nominet.org.uk
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 9:19 AM
To: James M. Polk
Cc: geopriv@ietf.org; geopriv-bounces@ietf.org; Thomson, Martin
Subject: Re: [Geopriv] [geopriv] #5: Client guidance about the datum field
> Given that there is no statement in RFC 3825 like
>
> "If a device does not understand the datum it MUST discard the data."
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> It's a heck of a time to try and introduce that ideal now.
It's hard to see what other choice a client might have if it doesn't understand the specified datum. It's what we've agreed on for Alex's geo URI draft.
Given that you were one of the authors of 3825 can you clarify whether this was a deliberate omission or just sloppy specification?
Ray
