Re: [media-types] registering vnd.qt.*qml types

[Julian Reschke <[e-mail]>]

On 2013-01-29 15:43, Mohamed Fawzi wrote:
>
> On 29 Jan 2013, at 15:22, Julian Reschke <[e-mail]
> <mailto:[e-mail]>>
>   wrote:
>
>> On 2013-01-29 15:15, Mohamed Fawzi wrote:
>>> …
>>> We would like to register
>>>
>>> text/vnd.qt.qml => a file adhering to the QML grammar/syntax .qml
>>> suffix, subclass of text/plain; charset=utf-8
>>>
>>> and as subclasses of that
>>>
>>>   text/vnd.qt.qbs+qml => .qbs suffix
>>>   text/vnd.qt.meta-info+qml => .qmltypes suffix
>>>   text/vnd.qt.project+qml => .qmlproject suffix
>>>
>>> I have also a patch for the free desktop shared-mime-info that reflects
>>> that change.
>>> I am pasting it at the end of this email for reference.
>>> …
>
> Hi Julian thanks for the comment,
>
>> Regarding the "+qml" suffix -- you should consult
>> <http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-appsawg-media-type-regs-14>.
>> You will likely realize that the use of the "+" notation isn't
>> justified in this case.
>
> Qml is actually a language with a well defined grammar
> http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qtdeclarative/blobs/stable/src/qml/qml/parser/qqmljs.g
> that is basically an extended javascript syntax.
>
> All those documents share that syntax (and parser).
> So I thought it was ok to use +qml for them.
>
>  From the document it seems that is allowed, you mean that it should not
> be done because
> 1) qml definition is not performed by a standard body, or similar
> 2) one should register also the base type without the qml syntax

If you want to use the suffix, you'll have to register the base type 
first (I believe).

> 3) not worth it/correct in the vmd tree or because it is the only syntax
> available for those documents
> 4)?
>
> Best regards
>
> Fawzi

Best regards, Julian