Re: Registration of media type application/xhtml-voice+xml

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Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:

>* Gerald McCobb wrote:
>>1. In particular there is the work in the W3C Compound Document Format 
>>(CDF) working group.  They are looking at defining a single media type 
>>that will handle the many possible document format combinations of 
XHTML, 
>>SVG, Voice, SMIL, XForms, etc.  This media type may include multiple "+" 

>>put in a profile attribute.

>From http://w3.org/2004/CDF/admin/charter and http://w3.org/TR/CDRReqs/
>it rather seems they are currently working on the first draft on using
>XHTML 1.x where the user agent supports some version of SVG through the
>XHTML object element. The media type for XHTML 1.x is application/
>xhtml+xml, I seriously doubt they are going to propose new media types
>for something that had a media type for many years now and has in fact
>been implemented for quite some time. It would cause a lot of confusion
>for no good reason. 

>Other than that, it is quite obvious that use of media type parameters
>or deploying new media types for XML-over-HTTP content is difficult,
>to say the least. It's difficult to see how new types or type+parameter
>combinations might work with running code or which infrastructural
>changes are supposed to support this; or what we might gain from it.

>Clearly though, if the CDF Working Group is working on architectural
>solutions here they should publish their current thinking as Internet-
>Draft.

I'm not a member of the CDF Working group but I believe they plan to
do more than standardizing referencing SVG from the XHTML object tag.
From http://w3.org/TR/CDRReqs/ there is also document compounding by
inclusion.  XHTML+Voice is an informative example.

Regards,
Gerald McCobb
IBM
8051 Congress Avenue
Boca Raton, FL 33487
Tel. # 561-862-2109 T/L 975-2109

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<br><font size=2><tt>Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:</tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>&gt;* Gerald McCobb wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;1. In particular there is the work in the W3C Compound Document
Format <br>
&gt;&gt;(CDF) working group. &nbsp;They are looking at defining a single
media type <br>
&gt;&gt;that will handle the many possible document format combinations
of XHTML, <br>
&gt;&gt;SVG, Voice, SMIL, XForms, etc. &nbsp;This media type may include
multiple &quot;+&quot; <br>
&gt;&gt;put in a profile attribute.<br>
<br>
&gt;From http://w3.org/2004/CDF/admin/charter and http://w3.org/TR/CDRReqs/<br>
&gt;it rather seems they are currently working on the first draft on using<br>
&gt;XHTML 1.x where the user agent supports some version of SVG through
the<br>
&gt;XHTML object element. The media type for XHTML 1.x is application/<br>
&gt;xhtml+xml, I seriously doubt they are going to propose new media types<br>
&gt;for something that had a media type for many years now and has in fact<br>
&gt;been implemented for quite some time. It would cause a lot of confusion<br>
&gt;for no good reason. <br>
<br>
&gt;Other than that, it is quite obvious that use of media type parameters<br>
&gt;or deploying new media types for XML-over-HTTP content is difficult,<br>
&gt;to say the least. It's difficult to see how new types or type+parameter<br>
&gt;combinations might work with running code or which infrastructural<br>
&gt;changes are supposed to support this; or what we might gain from it.<br>
<br>
&gt;Clearly though, if the CDF Working Group is working on architectural<br>
&gt;solutions here they should publish their current thinking as Internet-<br>
&gt;Draft.</tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>I'm not a member of the CDF Working group but I believe
they plan to</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>do more than standardizing referencing SVG from the
XHTML object tag.</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>From http://w3.org/TR/CDRReqs/ there is also document
compounding by</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>inclusion. &nbsp;XHTML+Voice is an informative example.</tt></font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
Regards,<br>
Gerald McCobb<br>
IBM<br>
8051 Congress Avenue<br>
Boca Raton, FL 33487<br>
Tel. # 561-862-2109 T/L 975-2109<br>
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