IETF Logo Mail Archive

Re: [ietf-types] The application/www-form-urlencoded format

Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net> Sun, 26 September 2010 23:30 UTC

Return-Path: <derhoermi@gmx.net>
X-Original-To: ietf-types@core3.amsl.com
Delivered-To: ietf-types@core3.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by core3.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D55F83A6C0F for <ietf-types@core3.amsl.com>; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:30:30 -0700 (PDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -2.869
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.869 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=-0.270, BAYES_00=-2.599]
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([64.170.98.32]) by localhost (core3.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id qUROk4WuhjGd for <ietf-types@core3.amsl.com>; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:30:29 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from pechora4.lax.icann.org (pechora4.icann.org [IPv6:2620:0:2d0:1::39]) by core3.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9E743A6BD4 for <ietf-types@ietf.org>; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:30:25 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from mail.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.23]) by pechora4.lax.icann.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id o8QNUf0M009482 for <ietf-types@iana.org>; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:31:02 -0700
Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 26 Sep 2010 23:30:41 -0000
Received: from dslb-094-223-218-126.pools.arcor-ip.net (EHLO hive) [94.223.218.126] by mail.gmx.net (mp043) with SMTP; 27 Sep 2010 01:30:41 +0200
X-Authenticated: #723575
X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/+E4w0tNj+/7XKATC0SzbGYc1pV3OChdLwsbYb0c cHZD4SjsX34a1Y
From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:30:38 +0200
Message-ID: <9phv96h82kl6cc6aslb162f74n2b3e9adm@hive.bjoern.hoehrmann.de>
References: <k1os96p03o78p78490hei104biadpiepit@hive.bjoern.hoehrmann.de> <op.vjmuz10364w2qv@anne-van-kesterens-macbook-pro.local> <679v96hgl3jqatro4epeqlneqoms020uhe@hive.bjoern.hoehrmann.de> <op.vjnqdzm664w2qv@anne-van-kesterens-macbook-pro.local> <0ifv961b9n7fqfgfdut6bjtlnqfkgqcegp@hive.bjoern.hoehrmann.de> <Pine.LNX.4.64.1009262210240.3271@ps20323.dreamhostps.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1009262210240.3271@ps20323.dreamhostps.com>
X-Mailer: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0
X-Greylist: IP, sender and recipient auto-whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (pechora4.lax.icann.org [208.77.188.39]); Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:31:02 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: ietf-types@iana.org
Subject: Re: [ietf-types] The application/www-form-urlencoded format
X-BeenThere: ietf-types@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9
Precedence: list
List-Id: "Media \(MIME\) type review" <ietf-types.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-types>, <mailto:ietf-types-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf-types>
List-Post: <mailto:ietf-types@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:ietf-types-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-types>, <mailto:ietf-types-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:30:31 -0000

* Ian Hickson wrote:
>> >After having thought about it some more I am doubting this would be a very  
>> >useful addition though. The benefit over application/x-www-form-urlencoded  
>> >seems marginal. Not high enough to warrant the cost.
>> 
>> My interest is in having a proper reference for the format for use in
>> other protocols, where application/x-www-form-urlencoded already works
>> supporting application/www-form-urlencoded is indeed not very important.
>
>May I suggest using a different name in that case? Having two so similarly 
>named types in active use would be quite confusing.

The names are as different as the formats are, if I changed the name to,
say, application/name-value-pairs, then there would probably be someone
saying it's confusing to have so different names even though the actual
differences in the format are trivial if not almost meaningless in prac-
tise. So long as I lack a convincing argument to counter that I'll stick
with the current name.
-- 
Björn Höhrmann · mailto:bjoern@hoehrmann.de · http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de
Am Badedeich 7 · Telefon: +49(0)160/4415681 · http://www.bjoernsworld.de
25899 Dagebüll · PGP Pub. KeyID: 0xA4357E78 · http://www.websitedev.de/

v2.23.0 | Report a Bug | By Email