| Basic Info | |
|---|---|
| Media Type | application |
| subtype | vnd.wap.wbxml |
| Registered? | Yes |
| See also | Stark |
| Extensions | |
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From: "Peter Stark" <[email protected]> To: "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Registration of MIME media type application/vnd.wap.wbxml inVendor tree Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 13:18:41 -0800 MIME media type name: application MIME subtype name: vnd.wap.wbxml Mandatory parameters: none Optional parameters: charset and level The binary XML format always contains a charset attribute that indicates the XML document's character encoding, and thus the additional charset parameter is, in most cases, redundant. The charset parameter MAY, however, be used to provide protocol-specific operations, such as charset-based content negotiation in WSP [WSP] and HTTP [RFC-2068]. The recommended value is the same as recommended for the text/xml media type in [RFC-2376]; that is, "UTF-8" [RFC-2279], representing the UTF-8 charset. The charset parameter can be used by WBXML processors to determine authoritatively the character encoding of the WBXML entity. If an application/wbxml entity is received where the charset parameter is omitted, and the charset attribute in the binary XML format indicates an unknown character set, the default encoding of "UTF-8" should be assumed. The level parameter indicates the version. The value has the format: <major>.<minor>; where major and minor are integers. For example, level="1.1" indicates version 1.1. Encoding considerations: This is binary material and suitable encoding must be used when transferring over protocols that cannot handle binary. Security considerations: As a binary XML format, WBXML has the same security considerations as specified in [RFC-2376]. Interoperability considerations: The WAP Forum Ltd. Interoperability Working Group (WIG) assess interoperability for all WAP Forum Ltd. specifications, including [WBXML]. Interoperability is guaranteed through conformance statements, test cases, and trial interworking sessions. See [WAP]. Published specification: see [WBXML]. Applications which use this media type: see [WML]. Additional information: Magic number(s): none The first byte of an WBXML entity is always the WBXML version number, followed by a public Id that identifies the XML document type. For version number 1.1 and WML documents, the first two bytes are 01 04. The public Id represents the XML document type identifier for the XML application; e.g. "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN" (WML 1.1)) for WML 1.1 documents. Public Ids are registered by the WAP Naming Authority [WAP], and published in [WBXML]. File extension: .wbxml Person and e-mail address for further information: Bashar Jano <[email protected]> Bruce Martin <[email protected]> Peter Stark <[email protected]> Intended usage: COMMON. Author/Change controller: The WBXML specification is a work product of the WAP Forum Ltd. Application's Working Group, and was edited by: Bashar Jano <[email protected]> Bruce Martin <[email protected]> References [RFC-2376] E. Whitehead, "XML Media Types", RFC 2376, July 1998. [WAP] The WAP Forum Ltd. <URL:http://www.wapforum.org> [WBXML]WAP Forum Ltd., "WAP Binary XML Content Format -- WBXML version 1.1", [WML] WAP Forum Ltd., "Wireless Markup Language --WML version 1.1" [WSP] WAP Forum Ltd., "Wireless Session Protocl -- WSP/1.1"