DIME

The attached or encapsulated files in a DIME message are defined by application and are called payloads. A single message can contain payloads having multiple applications. For example, an image file, a text file, a program, and an audio file can be attached to a single e-mail message. DIME messages can be nested. That is, a payload can itself be a DIME message.

The contents of DIME messages are defined by records. Each record specifies the payload size in bytes, the payload content type, and other information. Large payloads can be broken down into smaller payloads, each with their own individual record, if necessary to accommodate the buffer capacity at the source and/or destination.

Read more about DIME: - IBM Developer Works provides the DIME specification. - Microsoft Journal for Developers describes how DIME works.

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