Re: [ietf-types] Mime Type registration (PROV Last Call)

["Martin J. Dürst" <[e-mail]>]

Hello Luc,

On 2012/07/27 19:19, Luc Moreau wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> The W3C Provenance Working has published a Last Call Working Draft for
> the PROV Notation.
>
> We would be grateful for your feedback on the Media Type section of the
> specification.
>
> 1. Media Type Section: http://www.w3.org/TR/prov-n/#media-type
> 2. Text Version:
> http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/prov/raw-file/default/model/media-type-request.txt

On this list, if possible, always include the actual text of the 
registration template. The chance for feedback is much higher.

Regards,    Martin.


> We look forward to hearing your comments,
>
> Text version is included below, and followed by the last call announcement.
>
> Best regards,
> Luc Moreau
> W3C PROV-WG co-chair
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> The media type of PROV-N is text/provenance-notation. The content
> encoding of PROV-N content is UTF-8.
>
> Contact:
> Ivan Herman
> See also:
> How to Register a Media Type for a W3C Specification
> Internet Media Type registration, consistency of use
> TAG Finding 3 June 2002 (Revised 4 September 2002)
> The Internet Media Type / MIME Type for PROV-N is
> "text/provenance-notation".
>
> It is recommended that PROV-N files have the extension ".provn" (all
> lowercase) on all platforms.
>
> It is recommended that PROV-N files stored on Macintosh HFS file systems
> be given a file type of "TEXT".
>
> This information that follows is being submitted to the IESG for review,
> approval, and registration with IANA.
>
> Type name:
> text
>
> Subtype name:
> provenance-notation
>
> Required parameters:
> None
>
> Optional parameters:
> charset — this parameter is mandatory. The value of charset is always
> UTF-8.
>
> Encoding considerations:
> The syntax of PROV-N is expressed over code points in Unicode
> [UNICODE5]. The encoding is always UTF-8 [UTF-8].
> Unicode code points may also be expressed using an \uXXXX (U+0 to
> U+FFFF) or \UXXXXXXXX syntax (for U+10000 onwards) where X is a
> hexadecimal digit [0-9A-F]
>
> Security considerations:
> PROV-N is a general-purpose language for describing the provenance of
> things; applications may evaluate given data to infer more descriptions
> or to dereference URIs, invoking the security considerations of the
> scheme for that URI. Note in particular, the privacy issues in [RFC3023]
> section 10 for HTTP URIs. Data obtained from an inaccurate or malicious
> data source may lead to inaccurate or misleading conclusions, as well as
> the dereferencing of unintended URIs. Care must be taken to align the
> trust in consulted resources with the sensitivity of the intended use of
> the data.
> PROV-N is used to express the provenance of arbitrary application data;
> security considerations will vary by domain of use. Security tools and
> protocols applicable to text (e.g. PGP encryption, MD5 sum validation,
> password-protected compression) may also be used on PROV-N documents.
> Security/privacy protocols must be imposed which reflect the sensitivity
> of the embedded information.
> PROV-N can express data which is presented to the user, for example, by
> means of label attributes. Application rendering strings retrieved from
> untrusted PROV-N documents must ensure that malignant strings may not be
> used to mislead the reader. The security considerations in the media
> type registration for XML ([RFC3023] section 10) provide additional
> guidance around the expression of arbitrary data and markup.
> PROV-N is a language for describing the provenance of things, and
> therefore a PROV-N document is metadata for other resources. Untrusted
> PROV-N documents may mislead its consumers by indicating that a
> third-party resource has a reputable lineage, when it has not.
> Provenance of PROV-N document should be sought.
> PROV-N uses qualified names mappeable to IRIs as term identifiers.
> Applications interpreting data expressed in PROV-N should address the
> security issues of Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs)
> [RFC3987] Section 8, as well as Uniform Resource Identifier (URI):
> Generic Syntax [RFC3986] Section 7.
> Multiple IRIs may have the same appearance. Characters in different
> scripts may look similar (a Cyrillic "о" may appear similar to a Latin
> "o"). A character followed by combining characters may have the same
> visual representation as another character (LATIN SMALL LETTER E
> followed by COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT has the same visual representation as
> LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE). Any person or application that is
> writing or interpreting data in PROV-N must take care to use the IRI
> that matches the intended semantics, and avoid IRIs that make look
> similar. Further information about matching of similar characters can be
> found in Unicode Security Considerations [UNISEC] and Internationalized
> Resource Identifiers (IRIs) [RFC3987] Section 8.
> Interoperability considerations:
>
> There are no known interoperability issues.
>
> Published specification:
> PROV-N: The Provenance Notation, Moreau, Missier, (eds), Cheney,
> Soiland-Reyes http://www.w3.org/TR/prov-n/
>
> Applications which use this media type:
> No widely deployed applications are known to use this media type. It may
> be used by some web services and clients consuming their data.
>
> Additional information:
> Magic number(s):
> PROV-N documents may have the strings 'bundle' near the beginning of the
> document.
>
> File extension(s):
> ".provn"
>
> Base URI:
> There are no constructs in the PROV-N Syntax to change the Base IRI.
>
> Macintosh file type code(s):
> "TEXT"
>
> Person & email address to contact for further information:
> [e-mail]
>
> Intended usage:
> COMMON
>
> Restrictions on usage:
> None
>
> Author/Change controller:
> The PROV-N specification is the product of the World Wide Web
> Consortium's PROV Working Group. The W3C has change control over this
> specification.
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: PROV Last Call on three documents: Request for Review
> Resent-Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:53:27 +0000
> Resent-From: <[e-mail]>
> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:52:57 +0200
> From: Paul Groth <[e-mail]>
> To: [e-mail] Chairs <[e-mail]>
> CC: <[e-mail]>
>
>
>
> Dear All,
>
> The Provenance Working has published the following three drafts as
> Last Call Working Drafts:
>
> - PROV-DM: The PROV Data Model [1]
> - PROV-O: The PROV Ontology [2]
> - PROV-N: The Provenance Notation [3]
>
> We are looking for your feedback. To introduce you to the
> specifications, we also have published an updated Primer [4]. You'll
> also find an overview blog post at [5].
>
> The Last Call period ends 18 September 2012. Comments can be sent to
> [e-mail]
>
> We are particularly looking for feedback from the following groups:
>
> - Semantic Web Coordination Group
> - RDFa Working Group
> - RDF Working Group
> - Internationalization Activity
> - MultilingualWeb-LT Working Group
>
> We will follow-up with the chairs of these groups individually
> outlining specific areas where feedback will be useful.
>
> We look forward to hearing your comments.
>
> regards,
> Paul
>
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-prov-dm-20120724/
> [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-prov-o-20120724/
> [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-prov-n-20120724/
> [4] http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-prov-primer-20120724/
> [5]
> http://www.w3.org/blog/SW/2012/07/24/last-call-3-working-drafts-for-provenance-interchange/
>
>
>
>
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