Network Working Group T. Hansen Internet-Draft AT&T Laboratories Intended status: Standards Track April 19, 2012 Expires: October 19, 2012 Additional Media Type Structured Syntax Suffixes draft-hansen-media-type-suffix-regs-02 Abstract 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. Status of this Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- Drafts is at http://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." This Internet-Draft will expire on October 19, 2012. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2012 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/ license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. When to Use these Structured Syntax Suffixes . . . . . . . . . 2 3. The +json Structured Syntax Suffix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4. The +ber and +der Structured Syntax Suffixes . . . . . . . . . 3 Hansen Expires October 19, 2012 [Page 1] Internet-Draft Additional Media Type Suffixes April 2012 5. The +fastinfoset Structured Syntax Suffix . . . . . . . . . . 4 6. The +wbxml Structured Syntax Suffix . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7. The +zip Structured Syntax Suffix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 9. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Appendix A. Change History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1. Introduction [RFC3023] created the +xml suffix convention that may be used by 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. [I-D.ietf-appsawg-media-type-regs] defines a registry to be used for future Structured Syntax Suffixes. A variety of Structured Syntax Suffixes have already been used in some Media Type registration, 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". Discussion of this document should occur in the Apps Area Working Group (apps-discuss@ietf.org). [RFC Editor note: remove this paragraph.] 2. When to Use these Structured Syntax Suffixes Each of the Structured Syntax Suffixes defined in this document are appropriate for use when the media type identifies the semantics of the protocol payload. That is, knowing the semantics of the specific media type provides for more specific processing of the content than that afforded by generic processing of the underlying representation. At the same time, using the suffix provides receivers of the media types to do generic processing of the underlying representation in cases where 1) they do not need to handle specially the particular semantics of the exact media type, and, 2) there is no special knowledge needed by such a generic processor in order to parse that underlying representation other than what would be needed to parse any example of that underlying representation. 3. The +json Structured Syntax Suffix [RFC4627] defines the "application/json" media type. The suffix "+json" may be used with any media type whose representation follows that established for "application/json". The Message Type Structured Syntax Suffix registration form follows: Name JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) +suffix +json Hansen Expires October 19, 2012 [Page 2] Internet-Draft Additional Media Type Suffixes April 2012 References [RFC4627] Encoding considerations Per [RFC4627], JSON may be represented using UTF-8, UTF-16, or UTF-32. When JSON is written in UTF-8, JSON is 8bit compatible. When JSON is written in UTF-16 or UTF-32, JSON is binary. Interoperability considerations n/a Security considerations See [RFC4627] Contact Apps Area Working Group (apps-discuss@ietf.org) Author/Change controller The Apps Area Working Group has change control over this registration. 4. The +ber and +der Structured Syntax Suffixes The ITU defined the Basic Encoding Rules (BER) and Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER) message transfer syntaxes in [ITU.X690.2008]. The suffix "+ber" may be used with any media type whose representation follows the BER message transfer syntax. The suffix "+der" may be used with any media type whose representation follows the DER message transfer syntax. The Message Type Structured Syntax Suffix registration forms follows: Name Basic Encoding Rules (BER) message transfer syntax +suffix +ber References [ITU.X690.2008] Encoding considerations BER is a binary encoding. Interoperability considerations n/a Security considerations There are no security considerations inherent in BER. Each individual media type registered with a +ber suffix may have additional security considerations. Contact Apps Area Working Group (apps-discuss@ietf.org) Author/Change controller The Apps Area Working Group has change control over this registration. Name Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER) message transfer syntax +suffix +der References [ITU.X690.2008] Hansen Expires October 19, 2012 [Page 3] Internet-Draft Additional Media Type Suffixes April 2012 Encoding considerations DER is a binary encoding. Interoperability considerations n/a Security considerations There are no security considerations inherent in DER. Each individual media type registered with a +der suffix may have additional security considerations. Contact Apps Area Working Group (apps-discuss@ietf.org) Author/Change controller The Apps Area Working Group has change control over this registration. 5. The +fastinfoset Structured Syntax Suffix The ITU defined the Fast Infoset document format as a binary representation of the XML Information Set in [ITU.X891.2005]. These documents further define the "application/fastinfoset" media type. The suffix "+fastinfoset" may be used with any media type whose representation follows that established for "application/ fastinfoset". The Message Type Structured Syntax Suffix registration form follows: Name Fast Infoset document format +suffix +fastinfoset References [ITU.X891.2005] Encoding considerations Fast Infoset is a binary encoding. The binary, quoted-printable and base64 content- transfer-encodings are suitable for use with Fast Infoset. Interoperability considerations n/a Security considerations There are no security considerations inherent in Fast Infoset. Each individual media type registered with a +fastinfoset suffix may have additional security considerations. Contact Apps Area Working Group (apps-discuss@ietf.org) Author/Change controller The Apps Area Working Group has change control over this registration. 6. The +wbxml Structured Syntax Suffix Hansen Expires October 19, 2012 [Page 4] Internet-Draft Additional Media Type Suffixes April 2012 The WAP Forum has defined the WAP Binary XML (WBXML) document format as a binary representation of XML in [WBXML]. This document further defines the "application/vnd.wap.wbxml" media type. The suffix "+wbxml" may be used with any media type whose representation follows that established for "application/vnd.wap.wbxml". The Message Type Structured Syntax Suffix registration form follows: Name WAP Binary XML (WBXML) document format +suffix +wbxml References [WBXML] Encoding considerations WBXML is a binary encoding. Interoperability considerations n/a Security considerations There are no security considerations inherent in WBXML. Each individual media type registered with a +wbxml suffix may have additional security considerations. Contact Apps Area Working Group (apps-discuss@ietf.org) Author/Change controller The Apps Area Working Group has change control over this registration. 7. The +zip Structured Syntax Suffix The ZIP format is a public domain, cross-platform, interoperable file storage and transfer format, originally defined by PKWARE, Inc.; it supports compression and encryption and is used as the underlying representation by a variety of file formats. The media type "application/zip" has been registered for such files. The suffix "+zip" may be used with any media type whose representation follows that established for "application/zip". The Message Type Structured Syntax Suffix registration form follows: Name ZIP file storage and transfer format +suffix +zip References [ZIP] Encoding considerations ZIP is a binary encoding. Interoperability considerations n/a Hansen Expires October 19, 2012 [Page 5] Internet-Draft Additional Media Type Suffixes April 2012 Security considerations ZIP files support two forms of encryption: Strong Encryption and AES 128-bit, 192-bit and 256-bit encryption; see the specification for further details. Each individual media type registered with a +zip suffix may have additional security considerations. Contact Apps Area Working Group (apps-discuss@ietf.org) Author/Change controller The Apps Area Working Group has change control over this registration. 8. IANA Considerations See the Message Type Structured Syntax Suffix registration forms in Section 3 - Section 7. 9. Security Considerations See the Security considerations sections found in the Message Type Structured Syntax Suffix registration forms from Section 3 - Section 6. 10. References 10.1. Normative References [RFC4627] Crockford, D., "The application/json Media Type for JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)", RFC 4627, July 2006. [ITU.X690.2008] International Telecommunications Union, "Recommendation ITU-T X.690 | ISO/IEC 8825-1 (2008), ASN.1 encoding rules: Specification of basic encoding Rules (BER), Canonical encoding rules (CER) and Distinguished encoding rules (DER)", ITU-T Recommendation X.690, November 2008. [ITU.X891.2005] International Telecommunications Union, "Recommendation ITU-T X.891 | ISO/IEC 24824-1 (2007), Generic applications of ASN.1: Fast infoset", ITU-T Recommendation X.891, May 2005. [WBXML] Open Mobile Alliance, "Binary XML Content Format Specification", OMA Wireless Access Protocol WAP-192-WBXML-20010725-a, July 2001. [ZIP] PKWARE, Inc., "APPNOTE.TXT - .ZIP File Format Specification", PKWARE .ZIP File Format Specification - Version 6.3.2, September 2007. 10.2. Informative References Hansen Expires October 19, 2012 [Page 6] Internet-Draft Additional Media Type Suffixes April 2012 [RFC3023] Murata, M., St. Laurent, S. and D. Kohn, "XML Media Types", RFC 3023, January 2001. [I-D.ietf-appsawg-media-type-regs] Freed, N., Klensin, J. and T. Hansen, "Media Type Specifications and Registration Procedures", Internet- Draft draft-ietf-appsawg-media-type-regs-05, April 2012. Appendix A. Change History This section is to be removed before publication. -02 Added +zip. Fixed up the ISO document references. Minor changes. -01 Added +ber. Minor changes. Author's Address Tony Hansen AT&T Laboratories 200 Laurel Ave. South Middletown, NJ 07748 USA Email: tony+sss@maillennium.att.com Hansen Expires October 19, 2012 [Page 7]