Re: Submission of the application/soap_xop+xml Media Mype

I thought we were going to wait for the startinfo discussion?


On Jul 21, 2004, at 3:45 AM, Yves Lafon wrote:

> All,
> The media type is defined in the W3C Last Call Working Draft of
> "SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism" [1]
> Below is a full text version for convenience. [2]
> Please direct comments to [email protected].
> Best regards,
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/soap12-mtom/#media_type
> [2]
> A The application/soap_xop+xml Media Type
> A.1 Introduction
>
> SOAP version 1.2 ([SOAP Part 1] and [SOAP Part 2]) is a lightweight 
> protocol intended for exchange of structured information between peers 
> in a decentralized, distributed environment. It defines an extensible 
> messaging framework that contains a message construct based on XML 
> technologies that can be exchanged over a variety of underlying 
> protocols.
>
> The XML-binary Optimized Packaging Mechanism [XOP] is an alternate 
> serialization of the XML Infoset, intended to make processing and 
> representation of certain types of content (specifically, that which 
> is base64-encoded) more efficient. Such serializations, when 
> free-standing, are called XOP Packages; the portion of the XOP Package 
> that represents the structure and non-optimized content of the Infoset 
> are called XOP Documents, and are serialized as XML.
>
> This appendix defines the media type application/soap_xop+xml which 
> can be used to identify SOAP 1.2 message envelopes that have been 
> serialized as XOP Documents using XML 1.0 ([XML 1.0]).
>
> The application/soap_xop+xml media type explicitly identifies the XOP 
> Document portion of a SOAP 1.2 message envelope, serialized as XML 
> 1.0. In other words, it identifies the serialized XML after the 
> extraction of any content into the XOP Package; it does not identify 
> the package itself.
>
> XOP Documents not serialized as XML 1.0 or representing message 
> envelopes with a different SOAP namespace version MUST NOT use it.
> A.2 Registration
>
>     *
>
>       MIME media type name:
>
>       application.
>     *
>
>       MIME subtype name:
>
>       soap_xop+xml
>     *
>
>       Required parameters:
>
>       none
>     *
>
>       Optional parameters:
>           o
>
>             "charset":
>
>             This parameter has identical semantics to the charset 
> parameter of the application/xml media type as specified in RFC 3023 
> [RFC 3023].
>           o
>
>             "action":
>
>             This optional parameter can be used to specify the URI 
> that identifies the intent of the message. In SOAP 1.2, it serves a 
> similar purpose as the SOAPAction HTTP header field did in SOAP 1.1. 
> Namely, its value identifies the intent of the message.
>
>             The value of the action parameter is an absolute 
> URI-reference as defined by RFC 2396 [RFC 2396]. SOAP places no 
> restrictions on the specificity of the URI or that it is resolvable. 
> Although the purpose of the action parameter is to indicate the intent 
> of the SOAP message there is no mechanism for automatically computing 
> the value based on the SOAP envelope. In other words, the value has to 
> be determined out of band.
>
>             It is recommended that the same value be used to identify 
> sets of message types that are logically connected in some manner, for 
> example part of the same "service". It is strongly RECOMMENDED that 
> the URI be globally unique and stable over time.
>
>             The presence and content of the action parameter MAY be 
> used by servers such as firewalls to appropriately filter SOAP 
> messages and it may be used by servers to facilitate dispatching of 
> SOAP messages to internal message handlers etc. It SHOULD NOT be used 
> as an insecure form of access authorization. Use of the action 
> parameter is OPTIONAL. SOAP Receivers MAY use it as a hint to optimize 
> processing, but SHOULD NOT require its presence in order to operate.
>     *
>
>       Encoding considerations:
>
>       Identical to those of application/xml as described in RFC 3023 
> [RFC 3023], section 3.2, as applied to the SOAP envelope Infoset.
>     *
>
>       Security considerations:
>
>       Because SOAP can carry application defined data whose semantics 
> is independent from that of any MIME wrapper (or context within which 
> the MIME wrapper is used), one should not expect to be able to 
> understand the semantics of the SOAP message based on the semantics of 
> the MIME wrapper alone. Therefore, whenever using the 
> application/soap_xop+xml media type, it is strongly RECOMMENDED that 
> the security implications of the context within which the SOAP message 
> is used is fully understood. The security implications are likely to 
> involve both the specific SOAP binding to an underlying protocol as 
> well as the application-defined semantics of the data carried in the 
> SOAP message (though one must be careful when doing this, as discussed 
> in SOAP 1.2 Part 1 [SOAP Part 1], 7.3.1 Binding to 
> Application-Specific Protocols.
>
>       Also, see SOAP 1.2 Part 1 [SOAP Part 1], 7. Security 
> Considerations.
>
>       In addition, as this media type uses the "+xml" convention, it 
> shares the same security considerations as described in RFC 3023 [RFC 
> 3023], section 10.
>     *
>
>       Interoperability considerations:
>
>       There are no known interoperability issues.
>     *
>
>       Published specification:
>
>       SOAP 1.2 Part 1 [SOAP Part 1], SOAP 1.2 Part 2, [SOAP Part 2], 
> and XOP [XOP].
>     *
>
>       Applications which use this media type:
>
>       No known applications currently use this media type.
>     *
>
>       Additional information:
>           o
>
>             File extension:
>
>             SOAP messages are not required or expected to be stored as 
> files.
>           o
>
>             Fragment identifiers:
>
>             Identical to that of application/xml as described in RFC 
> 3023 [RFC 3023], section 5.
>           o
>
>             Base URI:
>
>             As specified in RFC 3023 [RFC 3023], section 6. Also see 
> SOAP 1.2 Part 1 [SOAP Part 1], 6. Use of URIs in SOAP.
>           o
>
>             Macintosh File Type code:
>
>             TEXT
>     *
>
>       Person and email address to contact for further information:
>
>       Mark Nottingham <[email protected]>
>     *
>
>       Intended usage:
>
>       COMMON
>     *
>
>       Author/Change controller:
>
>       The SOAP 1.2 specification set is a work product of the World 
> Wide Web Consortium's XML Protocol Working Group. The W3C has change 
> control over these specifications.
>
> -- 
> Yves Lafon - W3C
> "Baroula que barouleras, au tiéu toujou t'entourneras."

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