application/xml
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... network entities, this document standardizes five new media types --
text/xml, application/xml, text/xml-external-parsed-entity,
application/xml ...
... application/xml, text/xml-external-parsed-entity,
application/xml-external-parsed-entity, and application/xml-dtd -- as
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... application/xml-external-parsed-entity, and application/xml-dtd -- as
well as a naming convention for identifying XML-based MIME media
types ...
... media types based on XML,
but that are not identified using text/xml or application/xml, SHOULD
be named using a suffix of '+xml' as described in Section 7. This
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... media types related to XML MIME
entities: text/xml, application/xml, text/xml-external-parsed-entity,
application/xml ...
... application/xml, text/xml-external-parsed-entity,
application/xml-external-parsed-entity, and application/xml-dtd.
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... application/xml-external-parsed-entity, and application/xml-dtd.
Registration information for these media types ...
... "external parameter entities". The media types text/xml and
application/xml MAY be used for "document entities", while text/xml-
external-parsed-entity or application/xml ...
... application/xml MAY be used for "document entities", while text/xml-
external-parsed-entity or application/xml-external-parsed-entity
SHOULD be used for "external parsed entities". The media type ...
... SHOULD be used for "external parsed entities". The media type
application/xml-dtd SHOULD be used for "external DTD subsets" or
"external parameter entities". application/xml ...
... application/xml-dtd SHOULD be used for "external DTD subsets" or
"external parameter entities". application/xml and text/xml MUST NOT
be used for "external parameter entities" or "external DTD subsets",
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... XML document
-- is readable by casual users, text/xml is preferable to
application/xml. MIME user agents (and web user agents ...
... preferable when an external parsed entity is readable by casual
users, but application/xml-external-parsed-entity is preferable when
a plain text display is inappropriate.
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Text/xml and application/xml behave differently when the charset
parameter is not explicitly specified. If the default charset (i.e.,
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... US-ASCII) for text/xml is inconvenient for some reason (e.g., bad web
servers), application/xml provides an alternative (see "Optional
parameters" of application/xml registration ...
... web
servers), application/xml provides an alternative (see "Optional
parameters" of application/xml registration in Section 3.2). The
same rules apply to the distinction between text/xml-external-
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... same rules apply to the distinction between text/xml-external-
parsed-entity and application/xml-external-parsed-entity.
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An XML document labeled as text/xml or application/xml might contain
namespace declarations, stylesheet-linking processing instructions
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... Application/xml Registration ...
... XML].
If an application/xml entity is received where the charset
parameter is omitted, no information is being provided about the
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The charset parameter of application/xml-external-parsed-entity is
handled the same as that of application/xml ...
... application/xml-external-parsed-entity is
handled the same as that of application/xml as described in
Section 3.2.
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... Application/xml-dtd Registration ...
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The charset parameter of application/xml-dtd is handled the same
as that of application/xml as described in Section 3.2.
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... charset parameter of application/xml-dtd is handled the same
as that of application/xml as described in Section 3.2.
Encoding considerations ...
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The next list applies to application/xml, application/xml-external-
parsed-entity, application/xml ...
... application/xml-external-
parsed-entity, application/xml-dtd, and XML-based media types under
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... Language (XPointer)", attempts to define fragment identifiers
for text/xml and application/xml. The current specification for
XPointer is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xptr.
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... W3C, namely "XML Base", attempts to
define such a mechanism for text/xml, application/xml, text/xml-
external-parsed-entity, and application/xml ...
... application/xml, text/xml-
external-parsed-entity, and application/xml-external-parsed-entity.
The current specification for XML ...
... identification possibilities of a more specific MIME media type than
text/xml or application/xml can provide, and it is likely that many
new media types for XML-based document ...
... course, 4 of the 5 media types defined in this document -- text/xml,
application/xml, text/xml-external-parsed-entity, and
application/xml ...
... application/xml, text/xml-external-parsed-entity, and
application/xml-external-parsed-entity -- also represent XML MIME
entities ...
... charset parameter
/ encoding considerations] of application/xml as specified in RFC
3023prop."
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This is a recommended charset value for use with application/xml.
Since the charset parameter is provided, MIME ...
... Application/xml with UTF-16BE Charset ...
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This example shows application/xml with a Korean charset (e.g.,
Hangul) encoded following the specification in [RFC1557 ...
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This is a recommended charset value for use with application/xml-
external-parsed-entity. Since the charset parameter ...
... Application/xml-dtd ...
... Charset "utf-8" is a recommended charset value for use with
application/xml-dtd. Since the charset parameter is provided, MIME
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... A.1 Why not just use text/xml or application/xml and let the XML
processor dispatch to the correct application based on the
referenced DTD ...
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text/xml and application/xml remain useful in many situations,
especially for document-oriented applications that involve combining
XML ...
... MIME dispatchers work off of the MIME type, use of text/xml or
application/xml to label discrete media types will hinder correct
dispatching and general interoperability ...
... A.6 How about labeling with parameters in the other direction (e.g.,
application/xml; Content-Feature=iotp)? ...
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First, text/xml-external-parsed-entity and application/xml-external-
parsed-entity are added as media types ...
... entity are added as media types for external parsed entities,
and text/xml and application/xml are now prohibited.
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... DTD
subsets and external parameter entities, and text/xml and
application/xml are now prohibited.
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