Re: [rpat] Author request to use sourcecode with type set to "jsonpath"

[Jean Mahoney <[e-mail]>]

Hi Robert,

On 2/2/24 8:41 AM, Robert Sparks wrote:
> What do we currently do for message/sipfrag? (See rfc34320)

[JM] No v3-era documents mention sipfrag so it hasn't come up.

> 
> This should follow that pattern. (And it argues for using the mime type).

[JM] Would you recommend "application/jsonpath" or just "jsonpath"? The 
list of sourcecode types doesn't include the media type currently.

https://www.rfc-editor.org/materials/sourcecode-types.txt

Thanks!
Jean


> 
> RjS
> 
> On 2/1/24 6:45 PM, Alanna Paloma wrote:
>> Greetings RPAT,
>>
>> Please see the request below to add "jsonpath" to the list of 
>> preferred values for
>> sourcecode type 
>> (https://www.rfc-editor.org/materials/sourcecode-types.txt). The authors
>> would like to use this type in Sections 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 2.4.4, 2.4.5, 
>> 2.4.6, 2.4.7, and 2.4.8 and
>> Appendix B.1 of RFC-to-be 9535 (draft-ietf-jsonpath-base-21).
>>
>>> 23) <!-- [rfced] We see type="JSONPath" is used for some of the 
>>> sourcecode elements
>>> in this document. This is not included in our current list of preferred
>>> values; see https://www.rfc-editor.org/materials/sourcecode-types.txt.
>>> Please review the list and let us know which value to use for "type".
>>> If the current list does not contain an applicable type, feel free to 
>>> suggest
>>> additions for consideration. Note that it is also acceptable to leave 
>>> the
>>> "type" attribute not set.
>>> —>
>> Carsten (author):
>>> One of us believes the sourcecode-type should be application/jsonpath.
>>> But as long as we don’t use media-type names, we probably should 
>>> shorten this to jsonpath.
>>> (§ 3.1 does not suggest a filename extension, which would be a 
>>> natural candidate. JSONPath is uncharacteristically mixed case, and 
>>> “jsonpath” (lower case) is closest to what has been done to other 
>>> sourcecode-types.)
>> In your opinion, is this an acceptable addition?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> RFC Editor/ap
>