XP Mail Archive: RE: XP> XHTML-Print media type

RE: XP> XHTML-Print media type

From: GRANT,MELINDA (HP-Vancouver,ex1) (melinda_grant@hp.com)
Date: Tue Mar 26 2002 - 22:53:09 EST

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    Propose we replace the last paragraph in section 6.1 with the following:

    'The MIME media type used to refer to a conforming XHTML-Print document
    shall be "application/vnd.pwg-xhtml-print+xml". RFC 3236 provides a generic
    naming mechanism for XHTML-based languages, i.e., "application/xhtml+xml";
    however, it employs a profile parameter as a short-term solution to
    distinguish between xhtml variants. While this will enable a limited form
    of negotiation in some environments, it will be inaccessible in others. The
    explicit advertisement for support of "application/vnd.pwg-xhtml-print+xml"
    by the user-agent enables the client to concisely learn a great deal about
    the user-agent's capabilities, including that all required XHTML elements
    defined herein are supported, all required CSS constructs defined herein are
    supported, and that jpeg image processing is supported. (Mechanisms used to
    query user-agents as to their supported media types are outside the scope of
    this specification.)

    XHTML-Print user-agents should recognize a content-type of
    "application/xhtml+xml" with a profile of
    "http://www.xhtml-print.org/xhtml-print/xhtml-print10.dtd" as equivalent to
    "application/vnd.pwg-xhtml-print+xml".'

    Note the should rather than the must in the last paragraph.

    Thoughts, tomatoes, etc?

    (If you've yanked the reference to 3236 you had previously added, Don, it
    would need to be unyanked. ;-)

    Melinda

    -----Original Message-----
    From: GRANT,MELINDA (HP-Vancouver,ex1) [mailto:melinda_grant@hp.com]
    Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 5:57 PM
    To: xp@pwg.org
    Subject: RE: XP> XHTML-Print media type

    I'll take a first cut at it.

    Melinda

    -----Original Message-----
    From: don@lexmark.com [mailto:don@lexmark.com]
    Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 7:46 AM
    To: fujisawa.jun%canon.co.jp@interlock.lexmark.com
    Cc: xp@pwg.org
    Subject: Re: XP> XHTML-Print media type

    Jun:

    I've changed the reference to RFC3023. I wasn't aware of that RFC.

    As to the explanation.... anyone want to contribute?

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    Jun Fujisawa <fujisawa.jun%canon.co.jp@interlock.lexmark.com> on 03/09/2002
    03:48:38 AM

    To: "Don_Wright/Lex/Lexmark.LEXMARK"@sweeper.lex.lexmark.com
    cc: PWG XHTML-Print <xp%pwg.org@interlock.lexmark.com> (bcc: Don
           Wright/Lex/Lexmark)
    Subject: Re: XP> XHTML-Print media type

    Don,

    At 9:57 AM -0500 02.3.8, don@lexmark.com wrote:
    >The reference to RFC3236 was added as an INFORMATIONAL reference based on
    >discussion at the LA meeting.

    It seems to me more appropriate to have a reference to RFC3023
    if we just want to give background information on the use of "+xml"
    extension in XHTML-Print MIME type.

    "RFC3023 - XML Media Types", M. Murata, S. St.Laurent, and D. Kohn.
    It is available from http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3023.txt.

    People might wonder why XHTML-Print does not follow RFC3236
    if they see an explicit reference in the specification.

    How about add a sentence explaining the rational behind the introduction
    of our own MIME type in Section 6.1?

    --
    Jun Fujisawa
    <mailto:fujisawa.jun@canon.co.jp>
    



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