Media Type Registrations for OEBPS Package File (OPF) - Review of
Informational RFC
Nick Bogaty
nbogaty at idpf.org
Fri Aug 25 23:12:42 CEST 2006
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Network Working Group IDPF
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draft-conboy-mime-opf-00
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June 22, 2006
Media Type Registrations for OEBPS Package File (OPF)
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Abstract
This document serves to register a media type for the Open eBook
Publication Structure (OEBPS) Package Files.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Conventions Used.................................................3
2. Introduction.....................................................3
3. Security Considerations..........................................3
4. IANA Considerations..............................................5
4.1. Downloadable Sound.............................................5
5. Authors' Addresses...............................................5
6. References.......................................................5
6.1. Normative......................................................5
7. IPR Notice.......................................................6
8. Copyright Notice.................................................6
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1. Introduction
The present document seeks to register a media type for
the Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS) Package File (OPF).
The OPF file is an XML file that describes an OEBPS Publication.
It identifies all other files in the publication and provides
descriptive information about them. OPF and its related standards
are maintained and defined by the International Digital Publishing
Forurm (IDPF).
The media type defined here is needed to correctly identify OPF
files when they are edited on disk, referenced in OEBPS Container
files, or used in other places where media types are used.
2. Security Considerations
The OPF files contain well formed XML conforming to the XML 1.0
specification.
Clearly it is possible to author malicious files which, for
example, contain malformed data. Most XML parsers protect
themselves from such attacks by rigoriously enforcing conformance.
All processors that read OPF files should rigourously check the
size and validity of data retrieved.
There is no current provision in the OEBPS Package File standard
for encryption, signing, or authentication within the file format.
3. IANA Considerations
The present document requests that IANA registers the media type
application/oebps-package+xml as specified in Section 3.1. The
registration uses the template present in [RFC4288].
3.1. Media Type for Downloadable Sounds
Type name: application
Subtype name: oebps-package+xml
Required parameters: none
Optional parameters: none
Encoding considerations: OPF files are UTF-8 or UTF-16
encoded XML
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Security considerations: none
Interoperability considerations: none
Published specification: Specification is published by the
International Digital Publishing
Forum and can be found at
http://www.idpf.org/oebps/oebps1.2/
download/oeb12-xhtml.htm
Applications which use this media type:
1) eBook Technologies, Inc.
eBook reading system.
2) Microsoft Reader
3) OSoft reader
4) Content Reserve Publishing
System
5) IDPF Container WG
6) PC Reader.com
7) MobiPocket reader
Additional information:
Magic number(s): none
File extension(s): .opf
Macintosh file type code(s): TEXT
Person & email address to contact for further information:
Nick Bogaty (nbogaty at idpf.org)
Intended usage: COMMON
Restrictions on usage: None
Author: International Digital Publishing
Forum (www.idpf.org)
Change controller: International Digital Publishing
Forum (www.idpf.org)
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4. RFC Editor Considerations
The references to RFC XXXX in the media type registration need to
be replaced with the actual RFC number when it is issued.
Please remove this section before publication as RFC.
5. Authors' Addresses
International Digital Publishing Forum
302 A West 12th Street, #304
New York, NY 10014
USA
electronic mail: nbogaty at idpf.org
6. References
6.1. Normative
[OEBPS] "Open eBook Publication Structure 1.2", International
Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), New York, NY USA, 2002.
[RFC4288] Freed, N. and J. Klensin, "Media Type Specifications
and Registration Procedures", BCP 13, RFC 4288,
December 2005.
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