Network Working Group                                           J. Snell
Internet-Draft                                           October 9, 2012
Intended status: Informational
Expires: April 12, 2013


                 The application/stream+json Media Type
                draft-snell-activity-streams-type-00.txt

Abstract

   This specification defines and registers the application/stream+json
   Content Type for the JSON Activity Streams format.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   2.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   3.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   4.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4












































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1.  Introduction

   Activity Streams [asms] is a data format for "the serialization of a
   stream of social activities using the JSON format" [RFC4627].
   Version 1.0 of the specification was published in May of 2011 by the
   Activity Streams Working Group (<http://activitystrea.ms>) and has
   been implemented in a broad range of applications.

   This specification defines and registers the "application/
   stream+json" Content Type to represent JSON document resources that
   conform to the JSON Activity Streams version 1.0 Specification,
   Section 4.

   In this document, the key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED",
   "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY",
   and "OPTIONAL" are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].


2.  IANA Considerations

   This specification registers the application/stream+json MIME Media
   Type:

      Type name: application
      Subtype name: stream+json
      Required parameters: None
      Optional parameters: "charset" : Specifies the character set
      encoding.  If not specified, a default of "UTF-8" is assumed.
      Encoding considerations: Resources that use the "application/
      stream+json" media type are required to conform to the
      "application/json" Media Type and are therefore subject to the
      same encoding considerations specified in Section 6 [RFC4627].
      Security considerations: As defined in this specification
      Published specification: This specification.
      Applications that use this media type: JSON Activity Streams are
      implemented by a wide range of existing applications.
      Additional information:
         Magic number(s): N/A
         File extension(s): N/A
         Macintosh file type code(s): TEXT
      Person & email address to contact for further information: James M
      Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
      Intended usage: COMMON
      Restrictions on usage: None.
      Author: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
      Change controller: IESG





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3.  Security Considerations

   Security considerations for JSON Activity Stream documents are
   discussed in Section 11 of [asms].


4.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [RFC4627]  Crockford, D., "The application/json Media Type for
              JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)", RFC 4627, July 2006.

   [asms]     Snell, J., Atkins, M., Norris, W., Messina, C., Wilkinson,
              M., and R. Dolin, "JSON Activity Streams 1.0", May 2011,
              <http://activitystrea.ms/specs/json/1.0/>.


Author's Address

   James M Snell

   Email: jasnell@gmail.com



























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