content type for WebDAV request/response bodies, was: [ACL] Access Control Protocol -07 submitted

From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> · Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 19:16:46 +0100

Hi,

I'd suggest to extend section 10 to make a few statements about content type
and encoding of request/responses.

In particular,

- MUST support text/xml,

(because it's what all examples have been using since RFC2518)

- SHOULD accept application/xml,

(because it makes more sense than text/xml)

- when text/xml is used and the encoding is not US-ASCII, the charset MUST
be declared in the content type

(as per XML media types RFC2376),

- the bodies MUST be encoded in UTF-8 or UTF-16.

(because XML processors are not required to support anything else).

(of course this is not really an ACL issue, but ACL would be the first
WebDAV spec to clarify this).

Julian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: acl-admin@webdav.org [mailto:acl-admin@webdav.org]On Behalf Of Jim
> Whitehead
> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 1:57 AM
> To: acl@webdav.org; WebDAV
> Subject: [ACL] Access Control Protocol -07 submitted
>
>
> I have submitted draft-ietf-webdav-acl-07, the WebDAV Access Control
> Protocol, to the IETF for inclusion in the Internet Drafts directory. It
> should appear there in a few days.
>
> Big thanks are due to Julian Reschke, Stefan Eissing, Keith Wannamaker,
> Dylan Barrell, Tim Ellison, Lisa Dusseault, Greg Stein, and Geoff
> Clemm for
> their review of the -06 specification, and/or comments and suggestions on
> working drafts between -06 and -07.
>
> This specification can be found at:
>
> http://www.webdav.org/acl/
>
> Specifically:
>
> Text:
> http://www.webdav.org/acl/protocol/draft-ietf-webdav-acl-07.txt
> PDF:
> http://www.webdav.org/acl/protocol/draft-ietf-webdav-acl-07.pdf
> Word (change tracking active):
> http://www.webdav.org/acl/protocol/draft-ietf-webdav-acl-07-tracked.doc
> HTML:
> http://www.webdav.org/acl/protocol/draft-ietf-webdav-acl-07.htm
>
> - Jim
>
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