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[apps-discuss] Encoding considerations (was Technical Errata for RFC 6839

Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com> Mon, 18 May 2015 23:58 UTC

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From: Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com>
To: Graham Klyne <gk@ninebynine.org>, Ned Freed <ned.freed@mrochek.com>
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Cc: Barry Leiba <barryleiba@computer.org>, "tony+sss@maillennium.att.com" <tony+sss@maillennium.att.com>, "apps-discuss@ietf.org" <apps-discuss@ietf.org>
Subject: [apps-discuss] Encoding considerations (was Technical Errata for RFC 6839
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Am I missing some major installed base which only supports 8bit or 7bit?

If not, I’d deprecate “Encoding considerations” and allow it to be omitted from
media type registrations, the assumption being that “binary” is the default.

The whole ‘Encoding considerations’ section seems like a relic.



>> In fact a lot of formats based on XML or JSON are by their nature
>> _always_ 8bit or 7bit compatible. And I see some value in pointing that out
>> where it's appropriate to do so

Could someone give an example of where it is valuable and not just another
thing to get wrong? A protocol in common use that needs 7bit or 8bit and
can’t do binary? 

Larry
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