Re: Registration of media type application/ttaf+xml

Hmm, I see. I guess that works, too.
Thanks for clarifying.
Regards,
Silvia.

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Glenn Adams <gadams@xfsi.com> wrote:
> DFXP's mime type is formally based on RFC 3023 [XML Media Types], which
> specifies ".xml" as file name extension (see Section 3.2 of that RFC, under
> Additional Information);
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I am concerned about the lack of a additional information typically
>> used in mime type registration RFCS, see e.g.
>> http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3839.txt (for 3gpp) or
>> http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4337 (mpeg4) or
>> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5334.txt (ogg):
>>
>> Magic number(s):  (probably not relevant)
>> File extension(s):
>> Macintosh File Type Code(s):
>>
>> I think it is important that we specify a common file extension and a
>> mac file type code so as not to create confusion in the market with
>> some people creating .dfxp , some creating .xml and some creating
>> whatever they think is appropriate. This will make it very difficult
>> for example for Web servers to serve the correct mime types, since
>> they tend to do so based on file extensions.
>>
>> My suggestion is:
>>
>> File extension: .dfxp (I think four letters is reasonable nowadays,
>> even for windows?)
>>
>> Mac file type code: DFXP
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Silvia.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Philippe Le Hegaret <plh@w3.org> wrote:
>> > The following media type registration will be submitted to
>> > the IESG for review, approval, and registration with IANA (as per [1]).
>> >
>> > At this point, we would appreciate comments on this registration
>> > information.  If you see any problems, please let us know.
>> >
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Philippe
>> >
>> > [1] http://www.w3.org/2002/06/registering-mediatype
>> >
>> > [[
>> >
>> > This appendix registers a new MIME media type, "application/ttaf+xml"
>> > in conformance with [1144]BCP 13 and [1145]W3CRegMedia. The information
>> > in this appendix is being submitted to the Internet Engineering
>> > Steering Group (IESG) for review, approval, and registration with the
>> > Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).
>> >
>> >    [1144] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4288.txt
>> >    [1145] http://www.w3.org/2002/06/registering-mediatype.html
>> >
>> >   MIME media type name:
>> >          application
>> >
>> >   MIME subtype name:
>> >          ttaf+xml
>> >
>> >   Required parameters:
>> >          None.
>> >
>> >   Optional parameters:
>> >          The encoding of a TT AF document must be determined by the
>> >          XML encoding declaration. This has identical semantics to the
>> >          application/xml media type in the case where the charset
>> >          parameter is omitted, as specified in [1146][XML Media],
>> >          Sections 8.9, 8.10 and 8.11.
>> >
>> >          The document profile of a TT AF document may be specified
>> >          using an optional profile parameter, which, if specified, the
>> >          value of which must adhere to the syntax and semantics of
>> >          ttp:profile parameter defined by Section [1147]6.2.8
>> >          ttp:profile of the published specification.
>> >
>> >   Encoding considerations:
>> >          Same for application/xml. See [1148][XML Media], Section 3.2.
>> >
>> >   Restrictions on usage:
>> >          None.
>> >
>> >   Security considerations:
>> >          As with other XML types and as noted in [1149][XML Media]
>> >          Section 10, repeated expansion of maliciously constructed XML
>> >          entities can be used to consume large amounts of memory,
>> >          which may cause XML processors in constrained environments to
>> >          fail.
>> >
>> >          In addition, because of the extensibility features for TT AF
>> >          and of XML in general, it is possible that
>> >          "application/ttaf+xml" may describe content that has security
>> >          implications beyond those described here. However, if the
>> >          processor follows only the normative semantics of the
>> >          published specification, this content will be outside TT AF
>> >          namespaces and may be ignored. Only in the case where the
>> >          processor recognizes and processes the additional content, or
>> >          where further processing of that content is dispatched to
>> >          other processors, would security issues potentially arise.
>> >          And in that case, they would fall outside the domain of this
>> >          registration document.
>> >
>> >   Interoperability considerations:
>> >          The published specification describes processing semantics
>> >          that dictate behavior that must be followed when dealing
>> >          with, among other things, unrecognized elements and
>> >          attributes, both in TT AF namespaces and in other namespaces.
>> >
>> >          Because TT AF is extensible, conformant
>> >          "application/ttaf+xml" processors must expect that content
>> >          received is well-formed XML, but it cannot be guaranteed that
>> >          the content is valid to a particular DTD or Schema or that
>> >          the processor will recognize all of the elements and
>> >          attributes in the document.
>> >
>> >   Published specification:
>> >          This media type registration is extracted from Appendix
>> >          [1150]D Media Type Registration of the [1151]Timed Text (TT)
>> >          Authoring Format 1.0 - Distribution Format Exchange Profile
>> >          (DFXP) specification.
>> >
>> >    [1151] http://www.w3.org/TR/ttaf1-dfxp/
>> >
>> >   Additional information:
>> >          None.
>> >
>> >   Person & email address to contact for further information:
>> >          Glenn Adams (public-tt@w3.org)
>> >
>> >   Intended usage:
>> >          COMMON
>> >
>> >   Author/Change controller:
>> >          The published specification is a work product of the World
>> >          Wide Web Consortium's Timed Text (TT) Working Group. The W3C
>> >          has change control over this specification.
>> >
>> > ]]
>> > http://www.w3.org/TR/ttaf1-dfxp/#media-type-registration
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
>

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