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

[Mohamed Fawzi <[e-mail]>]

On 29 Jan 2013, at 15:54, Julian Reschke <[e-mail]> wrote:

> 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).

looking at the just released documents by Björn Höhrmann it looks to me,
that the main problem is not that, but rather that I should formalise the +qml
suffix, probably with an RFC, to use it.

If that is the case would changing the +qml to -qml in the name be a good solution?

Fawzi
> 
>> 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