[media-types] new media type proposed: draft-wilde-xml-patch-05

[Erik Wilde <[e-mail]>]

hello everybody.

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wilde-xml-patch proposes a new media 
type application/xml-patch+xml, which defines an XML document structure 
for expressing a sequence of patch operations that are applied to an XML 
document. here's the registration template (copied from 
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wilde-xml-patch-05#section-4):

       Type name: application

       Subtype name: xml-patch+xml

       Required parameters: none

       Optional parameters: Same as charset parameter for the media type
       "application/xml" as specified in RFC 3023 [1].

       Encoding considerations: Same as encoding considerations of media
       type "application/xml" as specified in RFC 3023 [1].

       Security considerations: This media type has all of the security
       considerations described in RFC 3023 [1] and RFC 5261 [2], plus
       those listed in Section 5.

       Interoperability considerations: N/A

       Published specification: RFC XXXX

       Applications that use this media type: Applications that
       manipulate XML documents.

       Additional information:

          Magic number(s): N/A

          File extension(s): XML documents should use ".xml" as the file
          extension.

          Macintosh file type code(s): TEXT

       Person & email address to contact for further information: Erik
       Wilde <[e-mail]>

       Intended usage: COMMON

       Restrictions on usage: none

       Author: Erik Wilde <[e-mail]>

       Change controller: IETF

any feedback or any comments would be greatly appreciated.

thanks a lot and cheers,

dret.

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