Re: Feedback from IANA re application/ttml+xml

Hello Philippe,

Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 9:22:49 PM, you wrote:

> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> Subject: [IANA #711352] Request for MIME media type
>> Application/Standards Tree - ttml+xml

>> > Optional parameters :
>> > charset
>> 
>> > If specified, the charset parameter must match the XML encoding declaration,
>> > or if absent, the actual encoding. See also encoding considerations.
>> 
>> If this isn't going to change to simply say utf-8 or utf-16, then this
>> needs to be a little clearer.
>> 
>> Unlike the original version that was submitted, this doesn't actually 
>> state what the parameter means. I would suggest returning to an 
>> abbreviated form of the original text, and starting off with:
>> 
>>   Same as the charset parameter for the application/xml media type, as
>>   specified in RFC 3023.

suggest "RFC 3023 or its successor" in line with similar text in other
registrations. The successor recently finished last call at the IETF
by the way.

>> 
>> Then continue with the current text.
>> 
>> Also, "if absent" is a little ambiguous. How about "if that is absent", 
>> making it clear that you're talking about the encoding declaration not 
>> being there.
>> 






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Best regards,
 Chris                            mailto:chris@w3.org

Received on Wednesday, 30 October 2013 16:03:25 UTC