[ietf-types] Request for review: application/json-patch

"Paul C. Bryan" <paul.bryan@forgerock.com> Mon, 24 October 2011 21:02 UTC

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I'm preparing for possibly taking an informational Internet-Draft [1]
toward a proposed standard. I'm requesting review and feedback on the
"application/json-patch" media type. To wit:

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The Internet media type for a JSON Patch document is application/
json-patch.

Type name:  application

Subtype name:  json-patch

Required parameters:  none

Optional parameters:   none

Encoding considerations:
   Per JSON [RFC4627]: 8bit if UTF-8; binary if UTF-16 or UTF-32.

Security considerations:
   See Security Considerations in section 8.

Interoperability considerations:  N/A

Published specification:
   draft-pbryan-json-patch-02

Applications that use this media type:
   HTTP clients and servers.

Additional information:

   Magic number(s):  N/A

   File extension(s):  .json-patch

   Macintosh file type code(s):  TEXT

Person & email address to contact for further information:
   Paul C. Bryan <paul.bryan@forgerock.com>

Intended usage:  COMMON

Restrictions on usage:  none

Author:  Paul C. Bryan <paul.bryan@forgerock.com>

Change controller:  Paul C. Bryan <paul.bryan@forgerock.com>

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Thank you for your consideration.

Paul C. Bryan
paul.bryan@forgerock.com

[1] http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-pbryan-json-patch-02.txt