| Basic Info | |
|---|---|
| Media Type | application |
| subtype | vnd.kde.kivio |
| Registered? | Yes |
| See also | Faure |
| Extensions | |
Tags: (none)
File Formats: (none)
MIME media type name: application
MIME subtype name: vnd.kde.kivio
Required parameters: none
Optional parameters: none
Encoding considerations: Binary or base64 required
Security considerations:
As of this writing, Kivio documents do not contain any active
content. As such, it is believed that usage of this mimetype
does not introduce security concerns other than those already
inherent in ZIP archives, XML files and supported image files.
It is expected that later versions of Kivio feature scripting
and macro recording facilities. It is, however, not intended
to include active content into the Kivio document itself.
Kivio documents include document metadata such as the name of
the author, etc. However, none of this data is written
automatically. The Kivio user has full control over what
metadata is to be included and must actively request the
inclusion. As such, the use of this mimetype does not lead to
hidden leaking of possibly sensitive data.
Interoperability considerations:
Earlier versions of KOffice (<= 1.1) used gzip-compressed UNIX
tar files as archive format. It is expected that this obsolete
format will die out soon after the first release of KOffice
1.2. Thus, this registration does not apply to the obsolete
format. Implementations are expected to use the old
application/x-kivio mime type for the obsolete format.
Published specification:
A Kivio document consists of a series of XML streams and
externally generated content which are bundled together as a
ZIP archive.
Any content placed in Kivio can either be completely embedded
in the Kivio document or can be linked to using URIs.
The DTDs used in KOffice can be obtained from
http://www.koffice.org/DTD/.
A description of the storage format is contained in the source
code distribution (lib/store/SPEC). The current version can be
obtained online via KDE's WebCVS interface:
http://webcvs.kde.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/koffice/lib/store/SPEC
Applications which use this media type:
All applications in the KDE KOffice Office Suite, esp. Kivio.
Additional information:
Magic numbers: This is an entry that can be used with the
UNIX file(1) command's magic(4) file:
0 string PK\\003\\004
>30 string mimetype
>>38 string application/vnd.kde.kivio
File extensions: FLW
Macintosh File Type Codes: n/a
Person & email address to contact for further information:
David Faure <[email protected]>
Intended usage: COMMON
Author/Change contoller: Marc Mutz <[email protected]>
(created 2002-08-20)
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