For review: application/atom+xml

[Mark Nottingham]

One of the deliverables of the ATOMPUB WG is an xml-based format for 
Web syndication. Please review the proposed "application/atom+xml" 
media type therein; the registration template can be found below, and 
the complete draft is:
   http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-atompub-format-07.txt

Regards,

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    An Atom Document, when serialized as XML 1.0, can be identified with
    the following media type:

    MIME media type name: application
    MIME subtype name: atom+xml
    Mandatory parameters: None.
    Optional parameters:
       "charset": This parameter has identical semantics to the charset
          parameter of the "application/xml" media type as specified in
          [RFC3023].
    Encoding considerations: Identical to those of "application/xml" as
       described in [RFC3023], section 3.2.
    Security considerations: As defined in this specification.
       [[anchor59: update upon publication]]
       In addition, as this media type uses the "+xml" convention, it
       shares the same security considerations as described in [RFC3023],
       section 10.
    Interoperability considerations: There are no known interoperability
       issues.
    Published specification: This specification.  [[anchor60: update upon
       publication]]
    Applications that use this media type: No known applications
       currently use this media type.

    Additional information:

    Magic number(s): As specified for "application/xml" in [RFC3023],
       section 3.2.
    File extension: .atom
    Fragment identifiers: As specified for "application/xml" in
       [RFC3023], section 5.
    Base URI: As specified in [RFC3023], section 6.
    Macintosh File Type code: TEXT
    Person and email address to contact for further information: Mark
       Nottingham <mnot at pobox.com>
    Intended usage: COMMON
    Author/Change controller: This specification's author(s).
       [[anchor61: update upon publication]]
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