[ticker-dev] ticker attachments (again)

[Ian Lister]

On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, David Arnold wrote:
>i'd be reluctant to use the word MIME to describe components of a
>structured attachment mechanism (with the possible exception of the
>type field?) since it would not be at all compatible with genuine
>MIME-encoded data.

We can argue about it when it becomes an issue, but I think it's OK given
that the data has the structure of MIME (even if it is not serialised as
MIME is) and that the name refers to a component of what would be in the
MIME stream.

>but this is good -- it distinguishes the current mechanism.  naming
>the field "MIME-Attachment" is reasonably concise, and yet (i think)
>suitably unambiguous.

Good - that was the intention :-)

Ian