Additional Media Type Structured Syntax Suffixes
RFC 6839
| Document | Type |
RFC - Informational
(January 2013; Errata)
Updated by RFC 7303
Updates RFC 3023
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| Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
| Replaces | draft-hansen-media-type-suffix-regs | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
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| Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
| Document shepherd | Murray Kucherawy | ||
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| IESG | IESG state | RFC 6839 (Informational) | |
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) T. Hansen
Request for Comments: 6839 AT&T Laboratories
Updates: 3023 A. Melnikov
Category: Informational Isode Ltd
ISSN: 2070-1721 January 2013
Additional Media Type Structured Syntax Suffixes
Abstract
A content media type name sometimes includes partitioned meta-
information distinguished by a structured syntax to permit noting an
attribute of the media as a suffix to the name. This document
defines several structured syntax suffixes for use with media type
registrations. In particular, it defines and registers the "+json",
"+ber", "+der", "+fastinfoset", "+wbxml" and "+zip" structured syntax
suffixes, and provides a media type structured syntax suffix
registration form for the "+xml" structured syntax suffix.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents
approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet
Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6839.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. When to Use These Structured Syntax Suffixes . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Initial Structured Syntax Suffix Definitions . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1. The +json Structured Syntax Suffix . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.2. The +ber Structured Syntax Suffix . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.3. The +der Structured Syntax Suffix . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.4. The +fastinfoset Structured Syntax Suffix . . . . . . . . 7
3.5. The +wbxml Structured Syntax Suffix . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.6. The +zip Structured Syntax Suffix . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.1. The +xml Structured Syntax Suffix . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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1. Introduction
[RFC3023] created the +xml suffix convention that can be used when
defining names for media types whose representation uses XML
underneath. That is, they could have been successfully parsed as if
the media type had been application/xml in addition to their being
parsed as their media type that is using the +xml suffix. [RFC6838]
defines the media type "Structured Syntax Suffix Registry" to be used
for such structured syntax suffixes.
A variety of structured syntax suffixes have already been used in
some media type registrations, in particular "+json", "+der",
"+fastinfoset", and "+wbxml". This document defines and registers
these structured syntax suffixes in the Structured Syntax Suffix
Registry, along with "+ber" and "+zip". In addition, this document
updates [RFC3023] to formally register the "+xml" structured syntax
suffix according to the procedure defined in [RFC6838].
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].
2. When to Use These Structured Syntax Suffixes
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