Re: Quoting type parameter value allowed? - Was: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-atompub-typeparam-00.txt

2007-01-21 Thread Andreas Sewe
James M Snell wrote: Bob Wyman wrote: Andreas Sewe wrote: So, it looks like that quoting the type parameter's values is no longer allowed; Are the quotes part of the parameter value? Or, are quotes merely delimiters of the value? If RFC045 is read to indicate that the quotes are

Re: Quoting type parameter value allowed? - Was: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-atompub-typeparam-00.txt

2007-01-21 Thread Bjoern Hoehrmann
* Andreas Sewe wrote: This raises the question, however, whether it would be worth pointing out in the I-D that quoting a parameter value is allowed. Implementors might otherwise produce code that does treat application/atom+xml;type=feed and application/atom+xml;type=feed as different.

Re: Quoting type parameter value allowed? - Was: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-atompub-typeparam-00.txt

2007-01-19 Thread Bjoern Hoehrmann
* Andreas Sewe wrote: While RFC 2045 specifically allows quoted parameter values and defines application/atom+xml;type=feed to be equivalent to application/atom+xml;type=feed, RFC 4288 states that '[t]here is no defined syntax for parameter values. Therefore registrations MUST specify

Quoting type parameter value allowed? - Was: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-atompub-typeparam-00.txt

2007-01-19 Thread Andreas Sewe
While RFC 2045 specifically allows quoted parameter values and defines application/atom+xml;type=feed to be equivalent to application/atom+xml;type=feed, RFC 4288 states that '[t]here is no defined syntax for parameter values. Therefore registrations MUST specify parameter value syntax.'

Re: Quoting type parameter value allowed? - Was: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-atompub-typeparam-00.txt

2007-01-19 Thread Bob Wyman
On 1/19/07, Andreas Sewe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, it looks like that quoting the type parameter's values is no longer allowed; Are the quotes part of the parameter value? Or, are quotes merely delimiters of the value? If RFC045 is read to indicate that the quotes are delimiters, then it

Re: Quoting type parameter value allowed? - Was: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-atompub-typeparam-00.txt

2007-01-19 Thread James M Snell
+1. The way I read it the quotes do not matter. - James Bob Wyman wrote: On 1/19/07, *Andreas Sewe* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, it looks like that quoting the type parameter's values is no longer allowed; Are the quotes part of the parameter value? Or, are quotes

Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-atompub-typeparam-00.txt

2007-01-13 Thread Asbjørn Ulsberg
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:41:36 +0100, Andreas Sewe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The OP has a (different) point, though: Recommending distinct file extensions for application/atom+xml; type=entry and application/atom+xml; type=feed is worthwhile. If, e.g., the mime.types shipped with Apache

Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-atompub-typeparam-00.txt

2007-01-11 Thread Andreas Sewe
Sylvain Hellegouarch wrote: Hugh Winkler wrote: The draft makes no mention of file extensions. Server software responsible for inserting correct Content-type header can *possibly* set the correct value when serving a file, if the type=entry and type=feed documents have distinct file

Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-atompub-typeparam-00.txt

2007-01-11 Thread James M Snell
+1 Andreas Sewe wrote: Sylvain Hellegouarch wrote: Hugh Winkler wrote: The draft makes no mention of file extensions. Server software responsible for inserting correct Content-type header can *possibly* set the correct value when serving a file, if the type=entry and type=feed documents

Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-atompub-typeparam-00.txt

2007-01-11 Thread Eric Larson
+1 On 1/11/07, Andreas Sewe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sylvain Hellegouarch wrote: Hugh Winkler wrote: The draft makes no mention of file extensions. Server software responsible for inserting correct Content-type header can *possibly* set the correct value when serving a file, if the

Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-atompub-typeparam-00.txt

2007-01-10 Thread Hugh Winkler
The draft makes no mention of file extensions. Atom Feed and Entry Documents can have different processing models and there are situations where they need to be differentiated. It would be good to enumerate some of those situations, and to examine whether processing software depending on file

Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-atompub-typeparam-00.txt

2007-01-10 Thread Sylvain Hellegouarch
Hugh Winkler wrote: The draft makes no mention of file extensions. Atom Feed and Entry Documents can have different processing models and there are situations where they need to be differentiated. It would be good to enumerate some of those situations, and to examine whether processing

Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-atompub-typeparam-00.txt

2007-01-05 Thread Asbjørn Ulsberg
On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:12:15 +0100, James M Snell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob Wyman wrote: It is strongly recommended that Atom processors that do recognize the parameter detect and report I have no problem with the rewording. Just waiting to see what others may have to say about

Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-atompub-typeparam-00.txt

2007-01-04 Thread James M Snell
Hey Bob, I have no problem with the rewording. Just waiting to see what others may have to say about it. - James Bob Wyman wrote: This document looks good on an initial quick read -- with one possible exception. It says: Atom processors that do recognize the parameter SHOULD detect and

I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-atompub-typeparam-00.txt

2007-01-02 Thread Internet-Drafts
A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. This draft is a work item of the Atom Publishing Format and Protocol Working Group of the IETF. Title : The application/atom+xml Type Parameter Author(s) : J. Snell Filename

Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-atompub-typeparam-00.txt

2007-01-02 Thread Bob Wyman
This document looks good on an initial quick read -- with one possible exception. It says: Atom processors that do recognize the parameter SHOULD detect and report inconsistencies between the parameter's value and the actual type of the document's root element. This would seem to be creating