Nearby: Registration request included in the XENC Rec.
To: ieft-types@iana.org
Subject: Registration of media type application/xenc+xml
This is a media type registration as defined in Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)
Part Four: Registration Procedures [MIME-REG] and Media Type Specifications and
Registration Procedures [MEDIA-TYPE-REG].
XML Encryption Syntax and Processing [XML-Encryption] specifies a process for encrypting data and
representing the result in XML. The data may be arbitrary data (including an XML document),
an XML element, or XML element content. The result of encrypting data is an XML Encryption element
which contains or references the cipher data.
The application/xenc+xml media type allows XML Encryption applications to identify
encrypted documents. Additionally it allows applications cognizant of this
media-type (even if they are not XML Encryption implementations) to note that the media type
of the decrypted (original) object might be a type other than XML.
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Type name:
application
Subtype name:
xenc+xml
Required parameters:
none.
Optional parameters:
charset, as defined in section 3.1 of RFC 3023 [XML-MT].
Encoding considerations:
The encoding considerations are identical to those given
for 'application/xml' in section 3.2 of RFC 3023 [XML-MT].
Security considerations:
See section 6 of the [XML-Encryption].
Interoperability considerations:
none.
Published specification:
[XML-Encryption].
Applications which use this media type:
XML Encryption is device-, platform-, and vendor-neutral
and is supported by a range of Web applications.
See also section 4 of [XML-Encryption].
Additional information:
Magic number(s): none
Although no byte sequences can be counted on to consistently identify
XML Encryption documents, they will be XML documents in which the
root element's QName's LocalPart is 'EncryptedData' or 'EncryptedKey'
with an associated namespace name of 'http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#'.
The application/xenc+xml type name MUST only be used for data objects in
which the root element is from the XML Encryption namespace. XML documents
which contain these element types in places other than the root element can
be described using facilities such as [XML-schema].
File extension(s): .xml
Macintosh file type code(s): "TEXT"
Person & email address to contact for further information:
jose+xe@w3.org
xml-encryption@w3.org (public archived mailing list for the XMLENC Recommendation)
Intended usage:
COMMON
Restrictions on usage:
none.
Author:
The XML Encryption Recommendation is a work product of the World Wide
Web Consortium (W3C) and was edited by:
Donald Eastlake <dee3@torque.pothole.com>
Joseph Reagle <reagle@w3.org>
Change controller:
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has change control over the
XML Encryption Recommendation and its related media types.
References:
[MEDIA-TYPE-REG]
draft-freed-media-type-reg-05: Media Type Specifications and Registration Procedures.
N. Freed, J. Klensin. Internet-Draft, July 26, 2005.
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-freed-media-type-reg-05.txt
[MIME-REG]
draft-freed-mime-p4-07: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four:
Registration Procedures. N. Freed, J. Klensin. Internet-Draft, August 5, 2005.
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-freed-mime-p4-07.txt