Mobile Multimedia Messaging Service BOF (mmms) Thursday, November 11 at 0900-1130 ================================== CHAIR: Jim Mathis DESCRIPTION: Advances in radio and cellular communications technology are making it practical to exchange not just short text message but larger media-rich messages in a wireless environment. This BOF is intended to determine the need and interest in creating a new IETF working group within the Application Area. This working group would develop internet practices and standards to define how best multimedia messaging services could be provided in a mobile or bandwidth-constrained Internet environment. The emphasis is on the application level protocols, not the transport or network protocols associated with wireless networks. Existing multimedia messaging related standards (e.g., MIME, POP3, IMAP, SMTP) would form the basis of this work, with additional work in areas to be determined at the BOF meeting, potentially including: * Push notifications to the client. * Deliver of messages according the quality of network connection currently available (due to coverage, network capacity and user subscription) * Setup and activate user profiles that define handling rules * Automatic or manual selective retrieval/forwarding of the parts of individual messages * Control of message part transcoding before deliver to client. If sufficient interest exists, this BOF will create a draft charter for a working group defining the scope of work and relationships with other IETF working groups and external standards organizations. AGENDA: Introductions Agenda bashing Needs & Requirements presentations * Motorola * others Scope and charter crafting