Re: INTERNIC Question

["Jay R. Ashworth" <jra () scfn thpl lib fl us>]

On Fri, May 29, 1998 at 11:58:52AM -0400, Mark Kosters wrote:
> > - Why can't they tag their email in a machine-readable manner? Tacking on
> >   a single -reliable- header (X-InterNIC-Data: or some such) which
> >   contains machine-parsable information about the message would be a
> >   godsend for people trying to build tracking schemes like this.
>  
> I personally think that this header thing is a good idea. But, NSI mgmt needs 
> to hear it from you.  If you think there is a real need for this or any
> other ideas, please contact the head of customer programs - Chuck Gomes 
> (chuckg () Internic net). 

I'm thinking maybe machine readbale bodies, using, I dunno... XML
tagging with a standardized, but extensible, DTD; you know, kinda like
MIME?  :-)

This is, after all, fundamentally EDI type stuff.

Cheers,
-- jra
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