James M. Polk | 21 Mar 2003 02:04
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Re: Comments on draft-morris-geopriv-core-01

At 11:00 AM 3/20/2003 -0500, Henning Schulzrinne wrote:
>>I can imagine that it is complex.  One possible approach to consider -- 
>>if it would significantly reduce the complexity (something I do not know) 
>>-- would be to define a simpler subset of time window capability for 
>>possible inclusion in a Location Object, with the directive that if one 
>>needs a fully robust expression of time windows then one must use an 
>>external set of privacy rules.
>
>Unfortunately, I think that many of the rules we'd like to express are the 
>difficult ones. Take a rule that applies "during business hours" (to take 
>an example from one of the drafts). This could simply mean "M-F 9-5", but 
>what about exceptions such as holidays, vacations, etc? If you have to 
>update the rules during each vacation and holiday, you might as well just 
>have daily rules.

Couldn't this be accomplished by tying your rules into your 
calender/scheduler program?

cheers,
James

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