Need an XBL media type

This is a comment against the XBL2 last call WD.

I believe the spec needs a media type, if only because the TAG
recommends it[1].  That finding links to a document[2] which describes
two possible registration procedures.  I suggest the group follow the
"new procedure" because it avoids duplication of normative text
between multiple specifications (the XBL spec & a would-be
registration RFC) and independent standards organizations (W3C and
IETF).

Attached is a template you can start with, which assumes the new procedure.

Cheers,

 [1] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2004/0430-mime
 [2] http://www.w3.org/2002/06/registering-mediatype.html

Mark.

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Appendix A

   Type name: application

   Subtype name: xbl+xml

   Required parameters: none

   Optional parameters:

       charset
           This parameter has identical semantics to the charset parameter
           of the "application/xml" media type as specified in [XMLMIME].

   Encoding considerations:

       By virtue of XBL content being XML, it has the same considerations
       when sent as 'application/xbl+xml' as does XML.  See [XMLMIME],
       section 3.2.

   Security considerations:

       See section 1.3 of this specification.

       In addition, because XBL is XML, the security considerations for XML
       itself apply; see [XMLMIME] section 10.

   Interoperability considerations:

       There are no known interoperability considerations beyond those for XML
       itself.  See section 3.1 of [XMLMIME].

   Published specification:

       This document.

   Applications which use this media type:

       None at this point in time.

   Additional information:

       Magic number: none
       File extensions: xbl2
       Macintosh File Type code: TEXT
       Fragment identifiers: @@@ I'm not sure - sec 3.4 doesn't seem
to cover that case

   Person & email address to contact for further information:

       Ian Hickson, Google.  ian@hixie.ch (@@@ somebody else?)

   Intended usage: COMMON

   Author/Change controller:

     The XBL specification is a work product of the World Wide Web
     Consortium's Web Application Formats Working Group.  The W3C
     has change control over this specification.

Received on Friday, 10 November 2006 04:04:50 UTC