Re: Update of application/xenc+xml media type registration

Yes, that's the plan. Turns out, though, that we'll need to go another round through the registration procedures for that. 

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Thomas Roessler, W3C  (mobile) <tlr@w3.org>



On Jan 17, 2011, at 21:35, Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com> wrote:

> I would suggest that the "Contact" information in a registration form
> be listed as
> 
> "web-human@w3.org   (as of registration date, Joe Reagle)"
> 
> i.e., give a more permanent email address, but still name a real person
> with a date.
> 
> One of the problems with IANA registrations in general is that the
> "contact" information for finding out more about a registration is
> more likely an organizational role than it is a named individual, for
> long-lived registration information.
> 
> Larry
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> http://larry.masinter.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-ietf-w3c-request@w3.org [mailto:public-ietf-w3c-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Roessler
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 4:30 AM
> To: public-ietf-w3c@w3.org
> Cc: Thomas Roessler
> Subject: Fwd: Update of application/xenc+xml media type registration
> 
> FYI; this is about changing the contact from Joe Reagle to web-human.
> --
> Thomas Roessler, W3C  <tlr@w3.org>  (@roessler)
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: Thomas Roessler <tlr@w3.org>
>> Date: 15 December 2010 13:26:12 GMT+01:00
>> To: iana@iana.org
>> Cc: Thomas Roessler <tlr@w3.org>, ietf-types@iana.org, Joseph Reagle <reagle@mit.edu>, Frederick Hirsch <Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com>
>> Subject: Update of application/xenc+xml media type registration
>> 
>> Dear IANA,
>> 
>> the W3C is the change controller for the XML Encryption specification, which is the published specification for the application/xenc+xml media type.
>> 
>> The W3C XML Security Working Group has published a Last Call Working Draft for a version 1.1 of XML Encryption, including an updated media type registration template:
>> 
>>    http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-xmlenc-core1-20101130/
>>    http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-xmlenc-core1-20101130/#sec-MediaType-Registration
>> 
>> Please update the application/xenc+xml media type registration accordingly.
>> 
>> A text version of the updated media type registration template is included for your convenience below the .signature of this note.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> Thomas Roessler, W3C  <tlr@w3.org>
>> 
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>> 8.2 application/xenc+xml Registration
>> 
>>  This is a media type registration as defined in Multipurpose Internet
>>  Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four: Registration Procedures
>>  [[350]MIME-REG]
>> 
>>  Type name: application
>> 
>>  Subtype name: xenc+xml
>> 
>>  Required parameters: none
>> 
>>  Optional parameters: charset
>> 
>>    The allowable and recommended values for, and interpretation of the
>>    charset parameter are identical to those given for 'application/xml'
>>    in section 3.2 of RFC 3023 [[351]XML-MT].
>> 
>>  Encoding considerations:
>> 
>>    The encoding considerations are identical to those given for
>>    'application/xml' in section 3.2 of RFC 3023 [[352]XML-MT].
>> 
>>  Security considerations:
>> 
>>    See the [[353]XMLENC-CORE1] [354]Security Considerations section.
>> 
>>  Interoperability considerations: none
>> 
>>  Published specification: [[355]XMLENC-CORE1]
>> 
>>  Applications which use this media type:
>> 
>>    XML Encryption is device-, platform-, and vendor-neutral and is
>>    supported by a range of Web applications.
>> 
>>  Additional Information:
>> 
>>    Magic number(s): none
>> 
>>    Although no byte sequences can be counted on to consistently
>>    identify XML Encryption documents, they will be XML documents in
>>    which the root element's QName's LocalPart is 'EncryptedData' or
>>    'EncryptedKey' with an associated namespace name of
>>    '[356]http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#'. The application/xenc+xml
>>    type name must only be used for data objects in which the root
>>    element is from the XML Encryption namespace. XML documents which
>>    contain these element types in places other than the root element
>>    can be described using facilities such as [[357]XMLSCHEMA-1],
>>    [[358]XMLSCHEMA-2].
>> 
>>    File extension(s): .xml
>> 
>>    Macintosh File Type Code(s): "TEXT"
>> 
>>  Person & email address to contact for further information:
>> 
>>    World Wide Web Consortium <web-human at w3.org>
>> 
>>  Intended usage: COMMON
>> 
>>  Author/Change controller:
>> 
>>  The XML Encryption specification is a work product of the World Wide
>>  Web Consortium (W3C) which has change control over the specification.
>> 
>> 
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Received on Monday, 17 January 2011 21:29:31 UTC