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Re: [ietf-types] Registration of media type application/vcard+xml

Paul Libbrecht <paul@hoplahup.net> Fri, 08 April 2011 06:52 UTC

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Subject: Re: [ietf-types] Registration of media type application/vcard+xml
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Le 7 avr. 2011 à 22:49, Simon Perreault a écrit :

>>> See OpenXPS, SVG, or MathML recent registrations that you could follow for the how-to.
>> 
>> May I pick "application/vcard+xml" as clipboard name?

I believe most Unix window-managers accept media types as clipboard names... I have no visible evidence yet.
I think not on Windows.
	http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649013.aspx
On Mac, it should be a UTI.
	http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/FileManagement/Conceptual/understanding_utis/

> After reading a bit more on this, I have a few more questions...
> - Is this something that users will see?

they would see the *effect* of that only, that an application picks the right flavour (e.g. not the vcard's plain text).

>  - If so, why not simply add a "Descriptive Name" field to the media
> type registration? This doesn't seem specific to clipboards to me...

No, there's no intent to create a user language here.

> - Why does it need to be part of the media type registration? Why does it need to be registered at all?

So that applications that don't coordinate beforehand are still able to interoperate writing to and reading from the clipboard.

> Pointers to documentation would be very appreciated.

See above.

As for examples:
SVG:
  http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf-types/current/msg01147.html
  http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/mimereg.html
MathML:
  http://www.w3.org/TR/MathML3/appendixb.html

paul

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