RFC 2534 (rfc2534) - Page 1 of 9
Media Features for Display, Print, and Fax
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group L. Masinter
Request for Comments: 2534 Xerox Corporation
Category: Standards Track D. Wing
Cisco Systems, Inc.
A. Mutz
Jutvision Corporation
K. Holtman
TUE
March 1999
Media Features for Display, Print, and Fax
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This specification defines some common media features for describing
image resolution, size, color, and image representation methods that
are common to web browsing, printing, and facsimile applications.
These features are registered for use within the framework of [REG].
1. Introduction
This work was originally motivated by the requirements from web
browsers to send the browser's display characteristics to the web
server to allow the server to choose an appropriate representation.
This specification defines some common media features [REG] by which
a recipient may inform a sender as to the characteristics of its
message handling. The sender may then provide the variant of the
message that is most suitable for the recipient.
Different variants would typically be higher or lower resolution
images (for example) as appropriate. In the case of a sending to a
printer, the result would be higher quality output. In the case of a
small screen device (cellphone, portable digital assistant), the
result would be faster transmission.
Masinter, et al. Standards Track