- From: Anne van Kesteren <notifications@github.com>
- Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2016 08:25:28 -0800
- To: whatwg/url <url@noreply.github.com>
- Message-ID: <whatwg/url/issues/85@github.com>
HTML has/had this: ``` <h3><dfn><code>application/x-www-form-urlencoded</code></dfn></h3> <p>This registration is for community review and will be submitted to the IESG for review, approval, and registration with IANA.</p> <!-- To: ietf-types@iana.org Subject: Registration of media type application/x-www-form-urlencoded --> <dl> <dt>Type name:</dt> <dd>application</dd> <dt>Subtype name:</dt> <dd>x-www-form-urlencoded</dd> <dt>Required parameters:</dt> <dd>No parameters</dd> <dt>Optional parameters:</dt> <dd>No parameters</dd> <dt>Encoding considerations:</dt> <dd>7bit (US-ASCII encoding of octets that themselves can be encoding text using any <span>ASCII-compatible encoding</span>)</dd> <dt>Security considerations:</dt> <dd> <p>In isolation, an <code>application/x-www-form-urlencoded</code> payload poses no security risks. However, as this type is usually used as part of a form submission, all the risks that apply to HTML forms need to be considered in the context of this type.</p> </dd> <dt>Interoperability considerations:</dt> <dd> Rules for generating and processing <code>application/x-www-form-urlencoded</code> payloads are defined in this specification. </dd> <dt>Published specification:</dt> <dd> This document is the relevant specification. Algorithms for <span data-x="application/x-www-form-urlencoded encoding algorithm">encoding</span> and <span data-x="application/x-www-form-urlencoded decoding algorithm">decoding</span> are defined. </dd> <dt>Applications that use this media type:</dt> <dd> Web browsers and servers. </dd> <dt>Additional information:</dt> <dd> <dl> <dt>Magic number(s):</dt> <dd>There is no reliable mechanism for recognising <code>application/x-www-form-urlencoded</code> payloads.</dd> <dt>File extension(s):</dt> <dd>Not applicable.</dd> <dt>Macintosh file type code(s):</dt> <dd>Not applicable.</dd> </dl> </dd> <dt>Person & email address to contact for further information:</dt> <dd>Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch></dd> <dt>Intended usage:</dt> <dd>Common</dd> <dt>Restrictions on usage:</dt> <dd>This type is only intended to be used to describe HTML form submission payloads.</dd> <dt>Author:</dt> <dd>Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch></dd> <dt>Change controller:</dt> <dd>W3C</dd> </dl> <p>Fragment identifiers have no meaning with the <code>application/x-www-form-urlencoded</code> type.</p> ``` None of this seem sreally useful, but I guess we can add a similar section. --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/whatwg/url/issues/85
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