Re: Capability terminology

[Graham Klyne <GK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:49 13/11/98 -0800, Dan Wing wrote:
>On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Graham Klyne wrote:
[...]
>> Anyway, do you wish to propose an alternative definition for "capability
>> exchange"?
>
>Your original definition is fine, but I'd just like an additional sentence
>or embedded phrase which clarifies that an "exchange" it isn't necessarily
>a bi-directional exchange (per the dictionary definition of the word
>"exchange").

Revised text (still in fax-feature-schema for now):

"capability exchange" describes any transfer of 
information between communicating systems that is used to 
indicate system capabilities and hence determine the form 
of data transferred.  This term covers both one-way and 
two-way transfers of capability information.

#g

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Graham Klyne
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