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The Atom Publishing Protocol The Atom Publishing Protocol
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Abstract Abstract
The Atom Publishing Protocol (APP) is an application-level protocol The Atom Publishing Protocol (APP) is an application-level protocol
for publishing and editing Web resources. The protocol is based on for publishing and editing Web resources. The protocol is based on
HTTP transport of Atom-formatted representations. The Atom format is HTTP transport of Atom-formatted representations. The Atom format is
documented in the Atom Syndication Format [RFC4287]. documented in the Atom Syndication Format [RFC4287].
Editorial Note Editorial Note
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Table of Contents Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. Notational Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. Notational Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1 XML-related Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1. XML-related Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.1 Referring to Information Items . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1.1. Referring to Information Items . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.2 RELAX NG Schema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1.2. RELAX NG Schema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.3 Use of xml:base and xml:lang . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1.3. Use of xml:base and xml:lang . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4. Protocol Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4. Protocol Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. Protocol Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.1. Client Implementation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.1 Retrieving a Service Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5. Protocol Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.2 Listing Collection Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5.1. Retrieving a Service Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.3 Creating a Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.2. Listing Collection Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.4 Editing a Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.3. Creating a Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.4.1 Retrieving a Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.4. Editing a Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.4.2 Updating a Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5.4.1. Retrieving a Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.4.3 Deleting a Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5.4.2. Updating a Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.5 Use of HTTP Response codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5.4.3. Deleting a Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6. Atom Publishing Protocol Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5.5. Use of HTTP Response codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.1 Document Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6. Atom Publishing Protocol Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6.2 Document Extensibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6.1. Document Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7. Category Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 6.2. Document Extensibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7.1 Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7. Category Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7.2 Element Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7.1. Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7.2.1 The "app:categories" element . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7.2. Element Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8. Service Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 7.2.1. The "app:categories" element . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8.1 Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8. Service Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
8.2 Element Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 8.1. Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
8.2.1 The "app:service" Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 8.2. Element Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8.2.2 The "app:workspace" Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 8.2.1. The "app:service" Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8.2.3 The "app:collection" Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 8.2.2. The "app:workspace" Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8.2.4 The "app:accept" Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 8.2.3. The "app:collection" Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
8.2.5 The "app:categories" Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 8.2.4. The "app:accept" Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
9. Creating and Editing Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 8.2.5. The "app:categories" Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
9.1 Member URIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 9. Creating and Editing Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
9.2 Creating resources with POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 9.1. Member URIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
9.2.1 Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 9.2. Creating resources with POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
9.3 Updating Resources with PUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 9.2.1. Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
9.4 Deleting Resources with DELETE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 9.3. Updating Resources with PUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
9.5 Media Resources and Media Link Entries . . . . . . . . . . 25 9.4. Deleting Resources with DELETE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
9.5.1 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 9.5. Media Resources and Media Link Entries . . . . . . . . . . 26
9.6 The Slug: Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 9.5.1. Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
9.6.1 Slug: Header syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 9.6. The Slug: Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
9.6.2 Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 9.6.1. Slug: Header syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
10. Listing Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 9.6.2. Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
10.1 Collection Paging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 10. Listing Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
10.2 The "app:edited" Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 10.1. Collection Paging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
11. Atom Format Link Relation Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 10.2. The "app:edited" Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
11.1 The "edit" Link Relation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 11. Atom Format Link Relation Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
11.2 The "edit-media" Link Relation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 11.1. The "edit" Link Relation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
12. Atom Publishing Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 11.2. The "edit-media" Link Relation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
12.1 The "app:control" Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 12. The Atom Format Type Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
12.1.1 The "app:draft" Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 12.1. The 'type' parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
13. Securing the Atom Publishing Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . 37 12.1.1. Conformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
14. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 13. Atom Publishing Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
14.1 Denial of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 13.1. The "app:control" Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
14.2 Replay Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 13.1.1. The "app:draft" Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
14.3 Spoofing Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 14. Securing the Atom Publishing Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
14.4 Linked Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 15. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
14.5 Digital Signatures and Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . 38 15.1. Denial of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
14.6 URIs and IRIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 15.2. Replay Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
15. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 15.3. Spoofing Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
15.1 Content-type registration for 15.4. Linked Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
'application/atomserv+xml' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 15.5. Digital Signatures and Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
15.2 Content-type registration for 15.6. URIs and IRIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
'application/atomcat+xml' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 16. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
15.3 Header field registration for 'SLUG' . . . . . . . . . . 41 16.1. Content-type registration for
16. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 'application/atomserv+xml' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
16.1 Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 16.2. Content-type registration for 'application/atomcat+xml' . 42
16.2 Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 16.3. Header field registration for 'SLUG' . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 16.4. The Link Relation registration "edit" . . . . . . . . . . 44
A. Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 16.5. The Link Relation registration "edit-media" . . . . . . . 44
B. RELAX NG Compact Schema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 16.6. The Atom Format Media Type Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . 44
C. Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 17. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . 56 17.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
17.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Appendix A. Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Appendix B. RELAX NG Compact Schema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Appendix C. Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . . . 59
1. Introduction 1. Introduction
The Atom Publishing Protocol is an application-level protocol for The Atom Publishing Protocol is an application-level protocol for
publishing and editing Web resources using HTTP [RFC2616] and XML 1.0 publishing and editing Web resources using HTTP [RFC2616] and XML 1.0
[W3C.REC-xml-20060816]. The protocol supports the creation of [W3C.REC-xml]. The protocol supports the creation of Web resources
arbitrary Web resources and provides facilities for: and provides facilities for:
o Collections: Sets of resources, which can be retrieved in whole or o Collections: Sets of resources, which can be retrieved in whole or
in part. in part.
o Service: Discovering and describing Collections. o Service: Discovering and describing Collections.
o Editing: Creating, updating and deleting resources. o Editing: Creating, updating and deleting resources.
The Atom Publishing Protocol is different from many contemporary
protocols in that the server is given wide latitude in processing
requests from clients. See Section 4 for more details.
2. Notational Conventions 2. Notational Conventions
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119]. document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].
2.1 XML-related Conventions 2.1. XML-related Conventions
2.1.1 Referring to Information Items 2.1.1. Referring to Information Items
Atom Protocol Document formats are specified in terms of the XML Atom Protocol Document formats are specified in terms of the XML
Information Set [W3C.REC-xml-infoset-20040204], serialized as XML 1.0 Information Set [W3C.REC-xml-infoset], serialized as XML 1.0
[W3C.REC-xml-20060816]. [W3C.REC-xml].
The Infoset terms "Element Information Item" and "Attribute The Infoset terms "Element Information Item" and "Attribute
Information Item" are shortened to "element" and "attribute" Information Item" are shortened to "element" and "attribute"
respectively. Therefore, when this specification uses the term respectively. Therefore, when this specification uses the term
"element", it is referring to an Element Information Item, and when "element", it is referring to an Element Information Item, and when
it uses the term "attribute", it is referring to an Attribute it uses the term "attribute", it is referring to an Attribute
Information Item. Information Item.
2.1.2 RELAX NG Schema 2.1.2. RELAX NG Schema
Some sections of this specification are illustrated with fragments of Some sections of this specification are illustrated with fragments of
a non-normative RELAX NG Compact schema [RNC]. However, the text of a non-normative RELAX NG Compact schema [RNC]. However, the text of
this specification provides the definition of conformance. Complete this specification provides the definition of conformance. Complete
schemas appear in Appendix B. schemas appear in Appendix B.
2.1.3 Use of xml:base and xml:lang 2.1.3. Use of xml:base and xml:lang
XML elements defined by this specification MAY have an xml:base XML elements defined by this specification MAY have an xml:base
attribute [W3C.REC-xmlbase-20010627]. When xml:base is used, it attribute [W3C.REC-xmlbase-20010627]. When xml:base is used, it
serves the function described in Section 5.1.1 of URI Generic Syntax serves the function described in Section 5.1.1 of URI Generic Syntax
[RFC3986], by establishing the base URI (or IRI) for resolving [RFC3986], by establishing the base URI (or IRI) for resolving
relative references found within the scope of the xml:base attribute. relative references found within the scope of the xml:base attribute.
Any element defined by this specification MAY have an xml:lang Any element defined by this specification MAY have an xml:lang
attribute, whose content indicates the natural language for the attribute, whose content indicates the natural language for the
element and its descendents. The language context is only element and its descendents. The language context is only
significant for elements and attributes declared to be "Language- significant for elements and attributes declared to be "Language-
Sensitive" by this specification. Requirements regarding the content Sensitive" by this specification. Requirements regarding the content
and interpretation of xml:lang are specified in Section 2.12 of XML and interpretation of xml:lang are specified in Section 2.12 of XML
1.0 [W3C.REC-xml-20060816]. 1.0 [W3C.REC-xml].
3. Terminology 3. Terminology
For convenience, this protocol can be referred to as the "Atom For convenience, this protocol can be referred to as the "Atom
Protocol" or "APP". Protocol" or "APP".
URI/IRI - A Uniform Resource Identifier and Internationalized URI/IRI - A Uniform Resource Identifier and Internationalized
Resource Identifier. These terms and the distinction between them Resource Identifier. These terms and the distinction between them
are defined in [RFC3986] and [RFC3987]. Before an IRI found in a are defined in [RFC3986] and [RFC3987]. Before an IRI found in a
document is used by HTTP, the IRI is first converted to a URI (see document is used by HTTP, the IRI is first converted to a URI (see
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o POST is used to create a new, dynamically-named, resource. When o POST is used to create a new, dynamically-named, resource. When
the client submits non-Atom-Entry representations to a Collection the client submits non-Atom-Entry representations to a Collection
for creation, two resources are always created - a Media Entry for for creation, two resources are always created - a Media Entry for
the requested resource, and a Media Link Entry for metadata (in the requested resource, and a Media Link Entry for metadata (in
Atom Entry format) about the resource. Atom Entry format) about the resource.
o PUT is used to update a known resource. o PUT is used to update a known resource.
o DELETE is used to remove a known resource. o DELETE is used to remove a known resource.
The Atom Protocol imposes few restrictions on the actions of servers.
Unless a constraint is specified here, servers can be expected to
vary in behavior, in particular around the manipulation of Atom
Entries sent by clients. For example this specification only defines
the expected behavior of Collections with respect to GET and POST,
but this does not imply that PUT, DELETE, PROPPATCH and others are
forbidden on Collection resources - only that this specification does
not define what the servers response would be to those methods.
Similarly while some HTTP status codes are mentioned explicitly,
clients should be prepared to handle any valid status code from a
server.
This document does not specify the form of the URIs that are used. This document does not specify the form of the URIs that are used.
HTTP ([RFC2616]) specifies that the URI space of each server is HTTP ([RFC2616]) specifies that the URI space of each server is
controlled by that server and the Atom Protocol imposes no controlled by that server and the Atom Protocol imposes no
constraints on that control. What this RFC does specify are the constraints on that control. What this RFC does specify are the
formats of the representations that are exchanged and the actions formats of the representations that are exchanged and the actions
that can be performed on the IRIs embedded in those documents. that can be performed on the IRIs embedded in those documents.
This document only covers the creation, update and deletion of Entry This document only covers the creation, update and deletion of Entry
and Media resources. Other resources can be created, updated, and and Media resources. Other resources can be created, updated, and
deleted as the result of manipulating a Collection, but the number of deleted as the result of manipulating a Collection, but the number of
those resources, their mime-types, and effects of Atom Protocol those resources, their media-types, and effects of Atom Protocol
operations on them are outside the scope of this specification. operations on them are outside the scope of this specification.
Since all aspects of client-server interaction are defined in terms Since all aspects of client-server interaction are defined in terms
of HTTP, [RFC2616] should be consulted for any areas not covered in of HTTP, [RFC2616] should be consulted for any areas not covered in
this specification. this specification.
Along with operations on Member Resources, the Atom Protocol defines Along with operations on Member Resources, the Atom Protocol defines
Collection Resources for managing and organizing Member Resources. Collection Resources for managing and organizing Member Resources.
Collections are represented by Atom Feed documents and contain the Collections are represented by Atom Feed documents and contain the
IRIs of, and metadata about, their Member Resources. The Atom IRIs of, and metadata about, their Member Resources. The Atom
Protocol does not make a distinction between Feeds used for Protocol does not make a structural distinction between Feeds used
Collections and other Atom Feeds. The only mechanism that this for Collections and other Atom Feeds. The only mechanism that this
specification supplies for distinguishing a Collection Feed is its specification supplies for distinguishing a Collection Feed is its
appearance in a Service Document. appearance in a Service Document.
Atom Protocol documents allow the use of IRIs [RFC3987], as well as Atom Protocol documents allow the use of IRIs [RFC3987], as well as
URIs [RFC3986]. Before an IRI found in a document is used by HTTP, URIs [RFC3986]. Before an IRI found in a document is used by HTTP,
the IRI is first converted to a URI according the procedure defined the IRI is first converted to a URI according the procedure defined
in Section 3.1 of [RFC3987]. In accordance with that specification, in Section 3.1 of [RFC3987]. In accordance with that specification,
this conversion SHOULD be applied as late as possible. The IRI, and this conversion SHOULD be applied as late as possible. The IRI, and
the URI into which it is converted, identify the same resource. the URI into which it is converted, identify the same resource.
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Entries [RFC4287]. Media Resources can have representations in any Entries [RFC4287]. Media Resources can have representations in any
media type. A Media Link Entry is a Member Entry that contains media type. A Media Link Entry is a Member Entry that contains
metadata about a Media Resource. This diagram shows the metadata about a Media Resource. This diagram shows the
classification of the resources: classification of the resources:
Member Resource Member Resource
-> Member Entry Resource -> Member Entry Resource
-> Media Link Entry Resource -> Media Link Entry Resource
-> Media Resource -> Media Resource
Collections, represented by Atom feeds, contain Entries. Those A Collection's Atom Entries contain the Member Entry and Media
Entries contain the Member Entry and Media Resources IRIs of the Resources IRIs of the Collection. A Collection can contain any
Collection. A Collection can contain any number of Entries of either number of Entries for either kind. In the diagram of a Collection
kind. In the diagram of a Collection below, there are two Entries. below, there are two Entries. The first contains the IRI of a Member
The first contains the IRI of a Member Entry Resource. The second Entry Resource. The second contains the IRIs of both a Media
contains the IRIs of both a Media Resource and a Media Link Entry Resource and a Media Link Entry Resource, which contains the metadata
Resource, which contains the metadata for that Media Resource: for that Media Resource:
Collection Collection
Entry Entry
Member Entry IRI -> Member Entry Resource Member Entry IRI -> Member Entry Resource
Entry Entry
Member Entry IRI -> Media Link Entry Resource Member Entry IRI -> Media Link Entry Resource
Media IRI -> Media Resource Media IRI -> Media Resource
Service Documents represent server-defined groups of Collections, and Service Documents represent server-defined groups of Collections, and
are used to initialize the process of creating and editing resources. are used to initialize the process of creating and editing resources.
4.1. Client Implementation Considerations
The Atom Protocol imposes few restrictions on the actions of servers.
Unless a constraint is specified here, servers can be expected to
vary in behavior, in particular around the manipulation of Atom
Entries sent by clients. For example, although this specification
only defines the expected behavior of Collections with respect to GET
and POST, this does not imply that PUT, DELETE, PROPPATCH and others
are forbidden on Collection resources - only that this specification
does not define what the servers response would be to those methods.
Similarly while some HTTP status codes are mentioned explicitly,
clients should be prepared to handle any status code from a server.
Servers can choose to accept, reject, delay, moderate, censor,
reformat, translate, relocate or recategorize the content submitted
to them. Only some of these choices are immediately relayed back to
the client in responses to client requests; other choices may only
become apparent later, in the feed or published entries. The same
series of requests to two different publishing sites can result in a
different series of HTTP responses, different resulting feeds or
different entry contents.
As a result, client software has to be written flexibly to accept
what the server decides are the results of its submissions. Any
server response or server content modification not explicitly
forbidden by this specification or HTTP ([RFC2616]) is therefore
allowed.
5. Protocol Operations 5. Protocol Operations
5.1 Retrieving a Service Document 5.1. Retrieving a Service Document
Client Server Client Server
| | | |
| 1.) GET to Service Document | | 1.) GET to Service Document |
|------------------------------------------>| |------------------------------------------>|
| | | |
| 2.) Service Document | | 2.) Service Document |
|<------------------------------------------| |<------------------------------------------|
| | | |
1. The client sends a GET request using the URI of the Service 1. The client sends a GET request using the URI of the Service
Document. Document.
2. The server responds with the document enumerating the IRIs of a 2. The server responds with the document enumerating the IRIs of a
group of Collections and the capabilities of those Collections group of Collections and the capabilities of those Collections
supported by the server. The content of this document can vary supported by the server. The content of this document can vary
based on aspects of the client request, including, but not based on aspects of the client request, including, but not
limited to, authentication credentials. limited to, authentication credentials.
5.2 Listing Collection Members 5.2. Listing Collection Members
To list the members of a Collection, the client sends a GET request To list the members of a Collection, the client sends a GET request
to the URI of a Collection. An Atom Feed Document is returned whose to the URI of a Collection. An Atom Feed Document is returned whose
Entries contain the IRIs of Member Resources. The returned Feed may Entries contain the IRIs of Member Resources. The returned Feed may
describe all, or only a subset, of the Members in a Collection (see describe all, or only a subset, of the Members in a Collection (see
Section 10). Section 11 describes extensions to the Atom Syndication Section 10). Section 11 describes extensions to the Atom Syndication
Format used in the Atom Protocol. Format used in the Atom Protocol.
Client Server Client Server
| | | |
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| | | |
| 2.) Atom Feed Doc | | 2.) Atom Feed Doc |
|<-------------------------------| |<-------------------------------|
| | | |
1. The client sends a GET request to the URI of the Collection. 1. The client sends a GET request to the URI of the Collection.
2. The server responds with an Atom Feed Document containing the 2. The server responds with an Atom Feed Document containing the
IRIs of the Collection members. IRIs of the Collection members.
5.3 Creating a Resource 5.3. Creating a Resource
Client Server Client Server
| | | |
| 1.) POST to URI of Collection | | 1.) POST to URI of Collection |
|------------------------------------------>| |------------------------------------------>|
| | | |
| 2.) 201 Created | | 2.) 201 Created |
| Location: Member Entry URI | | Location: Member Entry URI |
|<------------------------------------------| |<------------------------------------------|
| | | |
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1. The client POSTs a representation of the Member to the URI of the 1. The client POSTs a representation of the Member to the URI of the
Collection. Collection.
2. If the Member Resource was created successfully, the server 2. If the Member Resource was created successfully, the server
responds with a status code of 201 and a Location: header that responds with a status code of 201 and a Location: header that
contains the IRI of the newly created Member Entry Resource. contains the IRI of the newly created Member Entry Resource.
Media Resources could have also been created and their IRIs can Media Resources could have also been created and their IRIs can
be found through the Member Entry Resource. See Section 9.5 for be found through the Member Entry Resource. See Section 9.5 for
more details. more details.
5.4 Editing a Resource 5.4. Editing a Resource
Once a resource has been created and its Member URI is known, that Once a resource has been created and its Member URI is known, that
URI can be used to retrieve, update, and delete the resource. URI can be used to retrieve, update, and delete the resource.
5.4.1 Retrieving a Resource 5.4.1. Retrieving a Resource
Client Server Client Server
| | | |
| 1.) GET to Member URI | | 1.) GET to Member URI |
|------------------------------------------>| |------------------------------------------>|
| | | |
| 2.) Member Representation | | 2.) Member Representation |
|<------------------------------------------| |<------------------------------------------|
| | | |
1. The client sends a GET request to the URI of a Member Resource to 1. The client sends a GET request to the URI of a Member Resource to
retrieve its representation. retrieve its representation.
2. The server responds with the representation of the resource. 2. The server responds with the representation of the resource.
5.4.2 Updating a Resource 5.4.2. Updating a Resource
Client Server Client Server
| | | |
| 1.) PUT to Member URI | | 1.) PUT to Member URI |
|------------------------------------------>| |------------------------------------------>|
| | | |
| 2.) 200 OK | | 2.) 200 OK |
|<------------------------------------------| |<------------------------------------------|
1. The client PUTs an updated representation to the URI of a Member 1. The client PUTs an updated representation to the URI of a Member
Resource. Resource.
2. If the update is successful the server responds with a status 2. If the update is successful the server responds with a status
code of 200. code of 200.
5.4.3 Deleting a Resource 5.4.3. Deleting a Resource
Client Server Client Server
| | | |
| 1.) DELETE to Member URI | | 1.) DELETE to Member URI |
|------------------------------------------>| |------------------------------------------>|
| | | |
| 2.) 200 Ok | | 2.) 200 Ok |
|<------------------------------------------| |<------------------------------------------|
| | | |
1. The client sends a DELETE request to the URI of a Member 1. The client sends a DELETE request to the URI of a Member
Resource. Resource.
2. If the deletion is successful the server responds with a status 2. If the deletion is successful the server responds with a status
code of 200. code of 200.
A different approach is taken for deleting Media Resources, see A different approach is taken for deleting Media Resources, see
Section 9.5 for details. Section 9.5 for details.
5.5 Use of HTTP Response codes 5.5. Use of HTTP Response codes
The Atom Protocol uses the response status codes defined in HTTP to The Atom Protocol uses the response status codes defined in HTTP to
indicate the success or failure of an operation. Consult the HTTP indicate the success or failure of an operation. Consult the HTTP
specification [RFC2616] for detailed definitions of each status code. specification [RFC2616] for detailed definitions of each status code.
Implementers are asked to note that per the HTTP specification, HTTP Implementers are asked to note that according to the HTTP
4xx and 5xx response entities SHOULD include a human-readable specification, HTTP 4xx and 5xx response entities SHOULD include a
explanation of the error. human-readable explanation of the error.
6. Atom Publishing Protocol Documents 6. Atom Publishing Protocol Documents
6.1 Document Types 6.1. Document Types
This specification describes two kinds of Documents - Category This specification describes two kinds of Documents - Category
Documents and Service Documents. Documents and Service Documents.
A Category Document (Section 7) contain lists of categories specified A Category Document (Section 7) contains lists of categories
using the "atom:category" element from the Atom Syndication Format. specified using the "atom:category" element from the Atom Syndication
A Service Document (Section 8) describes Workspaces, which are Format. A Service Document (Section 8) describes Workspaces, which
server-defined groups of Collections. This specification assigns no are server-defined groups of Collections. This specification assigns
meaning to Workspaces; that is, a Workspace does not imply any no meaning to Workspaces; that is, a Workspace does not imply any
specific processing assumptions. Operations on Workspaces specific processing assumptions. Operations on Workspaces
themselves, such as creation or deletion, are not defined by this themselves, such as creation or deletion, are not defined by this
specification. specification.
The namespace name [W3C.REC-xml-names-20060816] for either kind of The namespace name [W3C.REC-xml-names] for either kind of document
document is: is:
http://purl.org/atom/app# http://purl.org/atom/app#
[[anchor8: The namespace name needs to be updated with the final URI [[anchor8: The namespace name needs to be updated with the final URI
upon publication]] upon publication]]
This specification uses the prefix "app:" for the namespace name. This specification uses the prefix "app:" for the namespace name.
The prefix "atom:" is used for "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom", the The prefix "atom:" is used for "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom", the
namespace name of the Atom Syndication Format [RFC4287]. The namespace name of the Atom Syndication Format [RFC4287]. The
namespace prefixes are not semantically significant. namespace prefixes are not semantically significant.
Atom Publishing Protocol Documents MUST be well-formed XML. This Atom Publishing Protocol Documents MUST be well-formed XML. This
specification does not define any DTDs for Atom Protocol formats, and specification does not define any DTDs for Atom Protocol formats, and
hence does not require them to be "valid" in the sense used by XML. hence does not require them to be "valid" in the sense used by XML.
6.2 Document Extensibility 6.2. Document Extensibility
Unrecognized markup in an Atom Publishing Protocol document is Unrecognized markup in an Atom Publishing Protocol document is
considered "foreign markup" as defined in [RFC4287]. Such foreign considered "foreign markup" as defined in [RFC4287]. Such foreign
markup can be used anywhere within a Category or Service Document markup can be used anywhere within a Category or Service Document
unless it is explicitly forbidden. Processors that encounter foreign unless it is explicitly forbidden. Processors that encounter foreign
markup MUST NOT stop processing and MUST NOT signal an error. markup MUST NOT stop processing and MUST NOT signal an error.
Clients SHOULD preserve foreign markup when transmitting such Clients SHOULD preserve foreign markup when transmitting such
documents. documents.
The namespace name "http://purl.org/atom/app#" is reserved for The namespace name "http://purl.org/atom/app#" is reserved for
forward compatible revisions of the Category and Service Document forward compatible revisions of the Category and Service Document
types - this does not exclude the addition of elements and attributes types - this does not exclude the addition of elements and attributes
that might not be recognized by processors conformant to this that might not be recognized by processors conformant to this
specification. Such unrecognized markup from the specification. Such unrecognized markup from the
"http://purl.org/atom/app#" namespace MUST be treated as foreign "http://purl.org/atom/app#" namespace MUST be treated as foreign
markup. markup.
[[anchor9: The namespace name needs to be updated with the final URI
upon publication]]
7. Category Documents 7. Category Documents
Category Documents contain lists of categories described using the Category Documents contain lists of categories described using the
"atom:category" element from the Atom Syndication Format [RFC4287]. "atom:category" element from the Atom Syndication Format [RFC4287].
Categories can also appear in Service Documents, where they describe Categories can also appear in Service Documents, where they describe
the categories allowed in a Collection (see Section 8.2.5). the categories allowed in a Collection (see Section 8.2.5).
Category Documents are identified with the "application/atomcat+xml" Category Documents are identified with the "application/atomcat+xml"
media type (see Section 15). media type (see Section 16).
7.1 Example 7.1. Example
<?xml version="1.0" ?> <?xml version="1.0" ?>
<app:categories <app:categories
xmlns:app="http://purl.org/atom/app#" xmlns:app="http://purl.org/atom/app#"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
fixed="yes" scheme="http://example.com/cats/big3"> fixed="yes" scheme="http://example.com/cats/big3">
<category term="animal" /> <category term="animal" />
<category term="vegetable" /> <category term="vegetable" />
<category term="mineral" /> <category term="mineral" />
</app:categories> </app:categories>
This Category Document contains three categories, with the terms This Category Document contains three categories, with the terms
"animal", "vegetable", and "mineral". None of the categories use the "animal", "vegetable", and "mineral". None of the categories use the
'label' attribute defined in [RFC4287]. They all inherit the 'label' attribute defined in [RFC4287]. They all inherit the
"http://example.com/cats/big3" 'scheme' attribute declared on the "http://example.com/cats/big3" 'scheme' attribute declared on the
app:categories element. Therefore if the "mineral" category were to app:categories element. Therefore if the "mineral" category were to
appear in an Atom Entry or Feed Document, it would appear as: appear in an Atom Entry or Feed Document, it would appear as:
<category scheme="http://example.com/cats/big3" term="mineral" /> <category scheme="http://example.com/cats/big3" term="mineral" />
7.2 Element Definitions 7.2. Element Definitions
7.2.1 The "app:categories" element 7.2.1. The "app:categories" element
The root of a Category Document is the "app:categories" element. An The root of a Category Document is the "app:categories" element. An
app:categories element can contain zero or more "atom:category" app:categories element can contain zero or more "atom:category"
elements from the Atom namespace ("http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"). elements from the Atom namespace ("http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom").
An app:category child element that has no "scheme" attribute inherits An app:category child element that has no "scheme" attribute inherits
the attribute from its app:categories parent. An app:category child the attribute from its app:categories parent. An app:category child
element with an existing "scheme" attribute does not inherit the element with an existing "scheme" attribute does not inherit the
"scheme" value of its "app:categories" parent element. "scheme" value of its "app:categories" parent element.
7.2.1.1 Attributes of "app:categories" 7.2.1.1. Attributes of "app:categories"
The app:categories element can contain a "fixed" attribute, with a The app:categories element can contain a "fixed" attribute, with a
value of either "yes" or "no", indicating whether the list of value of either "yes" or "no", indicating whether the list of
categories is a fixed or an open set. Attempts to create or update categories is a fixed or an open set. Attempts to create or update
members whose categories are not listed in the Collection Document members whose categories are not listed in the Collection Document
MAY be rejected by the server. Collections that indicate the MAY be rejected by the server. Collections that indicate the
category set is open SHOULD NOT reject otherwise acceptable members category set is open SHOULD NOT reject otherwise acceptable members
whose categories are not listed by the Collection. whose categories are not listed by the Collection.
Alternatively, the app:categories element MAY contain an "href" Alternatively, the app:categories element MAY contain an "href"
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8. Service Documents 8. Service Documents
For authoring to commence, a client needs to discover the For authoring to commence, a client needs to discover the
capabilities and locations of the available Collections. Service capabilities and locations of the available Collections. Service
Documents are designed to support this discovery process. How Documents are designed to support this discovery process. How
Service Documents are discovered is not defined in this Service Documents are discovered is not defined in this
specification. specification.
A Service Document describes Workspaces, which are server-defined A Service Document describes Workspaces, which are server-defined
groups of Collections. Service Documents are identified with the groups of Collections. Service Documents are identified with the
"application/atomserv+xml" media type (see Section 15). "application/atomserv+xml" media type (see Section 16).
There is no requirement that a server support multiple Workspaces. There is no requirement that a server support multiple Workspaces.
In addition, a Collection MAY appear in more than one Workspace. In addition, a Collection MAY appear in more than one Workspace.
8.1 Example 8.1. Example
<?xml version="1.0" encoding='utf-8'?> <?xml version="1.0" encoding='utf-8'?>
<service xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/app#" <service xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/app#"
xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<workspace> <workspace>
<atom:title>Main Site</atom:title> <atom:title>Main Site</atom:title>
<collection <collection
href="http://example.org/reilly/main" > href="http://example.org/reilly/main" >
<atom:title>My Blog Entries</atom:title> <atom:title>My Blog Entries</atom:title>
<categories <categories
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"http://example.org/reilly/list". "http://example.org/reilly/list".
Within each of the two Entry collections, the categories element Within each of the two Entry collections, the categories element
provides a list of available categories for Member Entries. In the provides a list of available categories for Member Entries. In the
"My Blog Entries" Collection, the list of available categories is "My Blog Entries" Collection, the list of available categories is
obtainable through the "href" attribute. The "Side Bar Blog" obtainable through the "href" attribute. The "Side Bar Blog"
Collection provides a category list within the Service Document, but Collection provides a category list within the Service Document, but
states the list is fixed, signaling a request from the server that states the list is fixed, signaling a request from the server that
Entries be POSTed using only those two categories. Entries be POSTed using only those two categories.
8.2 Element Definitions 8.2. Element Definitions
8.2.1 The "app:service" Element 8.2.1. The "app:service" Element
The root of a Service Document is the "app:service" element. The root of a Service Document is the "app:service" element.
The "app:service" element is the container for service information The "app:service" element is the container for service information
associated with one or more Workspaces. An app:service element MUST associated with one or more Workspaces. An app:service element MUST
contain one or more app:workspace elements. contain one or more app:workspace elements.
namespace app = "http://purl.org/atom/app#" namespace app = "http://purl.org/atom/app#"
start = appService start = appService
appService = appService =
element app:service { element app:service {
appCommonAttributes, appCommonAttributes,
( appWorkspace+ ( appWorkspace+
& extensionElement* ) & extensionElement* )
} }
8.2.2 The "app:workspace" Element 8.2.2. The "app:workspace" Element
The "app:workspace" element contains information elements about the The "app:workspace" element contains information elements about the
Collections of resources available for editing. The app:workspace Collections of resources available for editing. The app:workspace
element contains zero or more app:collection elements. element contains zero or more app:collection elements.
appWorkspace = appWorkspace =
element app:workspace { element app:workspace {
appCommonAttributes, appCommonAttributes,
( atomTitle ( atomTitle
& appCollection* & appCollection*
& extensionElement* ) & extensionSansTitleElement* )
} }
atomTitle = element atom:title { atomTextConstruct } atomTitle = element atom:title { atomTextConstruct }
8.2.2.1 The "atom:title" Element 8.2.2.1. The "atom:title" Element
The app:workspace element MUST contain one "atom:title" element (as The app:workspace element MUST contain one "atom:title" element (as
defined in [RFC4287]), giving a human-readable title for the defined in [RFC4287]), giving a human-readable title for the
Workspace. Workspace.
8.2.3 The "app:collection" Element 8.2.3. The "app:collection" Element
The "app:collection" element describes a Collection. The app: The "app:collection" element describes a Collection. The app:
collection element MAY contain one app:accept element and MAY contain collection element MAY contain one app:accept element and MAY contain
any number of app:categories elements. The app:collection element any number of app:categories elements. The app:collection element
MUST NOT contain more than one app:accept element. MUST NOT contain more than one app:accept element.
appCollection = appCollection =
element app:collection { element app:collection {
appCommonAttributes, appCommonAttributes,
attribute href { atomURI }, attribute href { atomURI },
( atomTitle ( atomTitle
& appAccept? & appAccept?
& appCategories* & appCategories*
& extensionElement* ) & extensionSansTitleElement* )
} }
8.2.3.1 Usage in Atom Feed Documents 8.2.3.1. Usage in Atom Feed Documents
The app:collection element MAY appear as a child of an atom:feed or The app:collection element MAY appear as a child of an atom:feed or
atom:source element in an Atom Feed Document. Its value identifies a atom:source element in an Atom Feed Document. Its value identifies a
Collection by which new Entries can be added to appear in the feed. Collection by which new Entries can be added to appear in the feed.
The app:collection element is considered foreign markup as defined in The app:collection element is considered foreign markup as defined in
Section 6 of [RFC4287]. Section 6 of [RFC4287].
8.2.3.2 The "href" Attribute 8.2.3.2. The "href" Attribute
The app:collection element MUST contain an "href" attribute, whose The app:collection element MUST contain an "href" attribute, whose
value gives the IRI of the Collection. value gives the IRI of the Collection.
8.2.3.3 The "atom:title" Element 8.2.3.3. The "atom:title" Element
The app:collection Element MUST contain one "atom:title" element (as The app:collection Element MUST contain one "atom:title" element (as
defined in [RFC4287]), giving a human-readable title for the defined in [RFC4287]), giving a human-readable title for the
Collection. Collection.
8.2.4 The "app:accept" Element 8.2.4. The "app:accept" Element
The "app:accept" element value specifies a comma-separated list of The "app:accept" element value specifies a comma-separated list of
media-ranges (see [RFC2616]) identifying the types of representations media-ranges (see [RFC2616]) identifying the types of representations
that can be POSTed to the URI of a Collection. Whitespace around and that can be POSTed to the URI of a Collection. Whitespace around and
between media-range values is considered insignificant and MUST be between media-range values is considered insignificant and MUST be
ignored. ignored.
The app:accept element is similar to the HTTP Accept request-header The app:accept element is similar to the HTTP Accept request-header
[RFC2616] with the exception that app:accept has no notion of [RFC2616] with the exception that app:accept has no notion of
preference. As a result, the value syntax of app:accept does not use preference. As a result, the value syntax of app:accept does not use
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appAccept = appAccept =
element app:accept { element app:accept {
appCommonAttributes, appCommonAttributes,
( appTypeValue? ) ( appTypeValue? )
} }
appTypeValue = ( "entry" | media-type |entry-or-media-type ) appTypeValue = ( "entry" | media-type |entry-or-media-type )
media-type = xsd:string { pattern = "entry,(.+/.+,?)*" } media-type = xsd:string { pattern = "entry,(.+/.+,?)*" }
entry-or-media-type = xsd:string { pattern = "(.+/.+,?)*" } entry-or-media-type = xsd:string { pattern = "(.+/.+,?)*" }
8.2.5 The "app:categories" Element 8.2.5. The "app:categories" Element
The "app:categories" element provides a listing of the categories The "app:categories" element provides a listing of the categories
that can be applied to the members of a Collection. that can be applied to the members of a Collection. The absence of
an "app:categories" element means that the category handling of a
server is unspecified.
atomCategory = atomCategory =
element atom:category { element atom:category {
atomCommonAttributes, atomCommonAttributes,
attribute term { text }, attribute term { text },
attribute scheme { atomURI }?, attribute scheme { atomURI }?,
attribute label { text }?, attribute label { text }?,
undefinedContent undefinedContent
} }
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NOT reject otherwise acceptable members whose categories are not NOT reject otherwise acceptable members whose categories are not
present in the provided list. present in the provided list.
The app:categories element MAY contain an "href" attribute, whose The app:categories element MAY contain an "href" attribute, whose
value MUST be an IRI reference identifying a Category Document. If value MUST be an IRI reference identifying a Category Document. If
the "href" attribute is provided, the app:categories element MUST be the "href" attribute is provided, the app:categories element MUST be
empty and the "fixed" and "scheme" attributes MUST NOT be present. empty and the "fixed" and "scheme" attributes MUST NOT be present.
9. Creating and Editing Resources 9. Creating and Editing Resources
9.1 Member URIs 9.1. Member URIs
The Member URI supports retrieving, updating and deleting the The Member URI supports retrieving, updating and deleting the
resource using HTTP GET, PUT and DELETE. Retrieval and updating of resource using HTTP GET, PUT and DELETE. Retrieval and updating of
Member Entry Resources are done by exchanging Atom Entry Member Entry Resources are done by exchanging Atom Entry
representations. representations.
Member Entry URIs appear in two places. First, they are returned in Member Entry URIs appear in two places. First, they are returned in
a Location header after successful resource creation using POST, as a Location header after successful resource creation using POST, as
described below. Second, they appear in the Entries of a Collection described below. Second, they appear in the Entries of a Collection
document as atom:link elements with a link relation of "edit". document as atom:link elements with a link relation of "edit".
Each Member Entry SHOULD contain such an atom:link element providing Each Member Entry SHOULD contain such an atom:link element providing
its Member Entry URI. its Member Entry URI.
9.2 Creating resources with POST 9.2. Creating resources with POST
To add members to a Collection, clients send POST requests to the URI To add members to a Collection, clients send POST requests to the URI
of a Collection. Successful member creation is normally indicated of a Collection. Successful member creation is normally indicated
with a 201 ("Created") response code. Collections MAY generate a with a 201 ("Created") response code. Collections MAY generate a
response with a status code of 415 ("Unsupported Media Type") to response with a status code of 415 ("Unsupported Media Type") to
indicate that the media-type of the POSTed entity is not allowed or indicate that the media-type of the POSTed entity is not allowed or
supported by the Collection. supported by the Collection.
When a Member Resource is created in the Collection which received When a Member Resource is created in the Collection which received
the POST, its Member Entry URI MUST be returned in an HTTP Location the POST, its Member Entry URI MUST be returned in an HTTP Location
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header that matches the Location header character-for-character, then header that matches the Location header character-for-character, then
the client is authorized to interpret the response entity as being the client is authorized to interpret the response entity as being
the representation of the newly created Entry. Without a matching the representation of the newly created Entry. Without a matching
Content-Location header the client MUST NOT assume the returned Content-Location header the client MUST NOT assume the returned
entity is a complete representation of the created resource. entity is a complete representation of the created resource.
The request body sent with the POST need not be an Atom Entry. For The request body sent with the POST need not be an Atom Entry. For
example, it might be a picture, or a movie. For a discussion of the example, it might be a picture, or a movie. For a discussion of the
issues in POSTing such content, see Section 9.5. issues in POSTing such content, see Section 9.5.
9.2.1 Example 9.2.1. Example
Below, the client sends a POST request containing an Atom Entry Below, the client sends a POST request containing an Atom Entry
representation to the URI of the Collection: representation to the URI of the Collection:
POST /myblog/entries HTTP/1.1 POST /myblog/entries HTTP/1.1
Host: example.org Host: example.org
User-Agent: Thingio/1.0 User-Agent: Thingio/1.0
Authorization: Basic ZGFmZnk6c2VjZXJldA== Authorization: Basic ZGFmZnk6c2VjZXJldA==
Content-Type: application/atom+xml Content-Type: application/atom+xml
Content-Length: nnn Content-Length: nnn
Slug: First Post Slug: First Post
<?xml version="1.0" ?> <?xml version="1.0" ?>
<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" <entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
xmlns:app="http://purl.org/atom/app#">
<title>Atom-Powered Robots Run Amok</title> <title>Atom-Powered Robots Run Amok</title>
<id>urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a</id> <id>urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a</id>
<updated>2003-12-13T18:30:02Z</updated> <updated>2003-12-13T18:30:02Z</updated>
<author><name>John Doe</name></author> <author><name>John Doe</name></author>
<content>Some text.</content> <content>Some text.</content>
</entry> </entry>
The server signals a successful creation with a status code of 201. The server signals a successful creation with a status code of 201.
The response includes a Location: header indicating the Member Entry The response includes a Location: header indicating the Member Entry
URI of the Atom Entry and a representation of that Entry in the body URI of the Atom Entry and a representation of that Entry in the body
of the response. of the response.
HTTP/1.1 201 Created HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 17:17:11 GMT Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 17:17:11 GMT
Content-Length: nnn Content-Length: nnn
Content-Type: application/atom+xml; charset="utf-8" Content-Type: application/atom+xml; charset="utf-8"
Location: http://example.org/edit/first-post.atom Location: http://example.org/edit/first-post.atom
<?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml version="1.0"?>
<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" <entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
xmlns:app="http://purl.org/atom/app#">
<title>Atom-Powered Robots Run Amok</title> <title>Atom-Powered Robots Run Amok</title>
<id>urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a</id> <id>urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a</id>
<updated>2003-12-13T18:30:02Z</updated> <updated>2003-12-13T18:30:02Z</updated>
<author><name>John Doe</name></author> <author><name>John Doe</name></author>
<content>Some text.</content> <content>Some text.</content>
<link rel="edit" <link rel="edit"
href="http://example.org/edit/first-post.atom"/> href="http://example.org/edit/first-post.atom"/>
</entry> </entry>
The created Entry returned by the server might not match the Entry The created Entry returned by the server might not match the Entry
POSTed by the client. A server MAY change the values of various POSTed by the client. A server MAY change the values of various
elements in the Entry such as the atom:id, atom:updated and atom: elements in the Entry such as the atom:id, atom:updated and atom:
author values and MAY choose to remove or add other elements and author values and MAY choose to remove or add other elements and
attributes, or change element and attribute values. attributes, or change element and attribute values.
In particular, the publishing system in this example filled in some 9.3. Updating Resources with PUT
values not provided in the original POST. For example, it
ascertained the name of the author, presumably via the authentication
protocol used to establish the right to post.
9.3 Updating Resources with PUT
To update a resource, clients send PUT requests to its Member URI, as To update a resource, clients send PUT requests to its Member URI, as
specified in [RFC2616]. specified in [RFC2616].
To avoid unintentional loss of data when editing Member Entries or To avoid unintentional loss of data when editing Member Entries or
Media Link Entries, Atom Protocol clients SHOULD preserve all Media Link Entries, Atom Protocol clients SHOULD preserve all
metadata that has not been intentionally modified, including unknown metadata that has not been intentionally modified, including unknown
foreign markup as defined in Section 6 of [RFC4287]. foreign markup as defined in Section 6 of [RFC4287].
9.4 Deleting Resources with DELETE 9.4. Deleting Resources with DELETE
To delete a resource, clients send DELETE requests to its Member URI, To delete a resource, clients send DELETE requests to its Member URI,
as specified in [RFC2616]. For Media Resources, deletion of a Media as specified in [RFC2616]. For Media Resources, deletion of a Media
Link Entry SHOULD result in the deletion of the associated Media Link Entry SHOULD result in the deletion of the associated Media
Resource. Resource.
9.5 Media Resources and Media Link Entries 9.5. Media Resources and Media Link Entries
A client can POST a media type other than application/atom+xml to a A client can POST a media type other than application/atom+xml to a
Collection. Such a request always creates two new resources - one Collection. Such a request always creates two new resources - one
that corresponds to the entity sent in the request, called the Media that corresponds to the entity sent in the request, called the Media
Resource, and an associated Member Entry, called the Media Link Resource, and an associated Member Entry, called the Media Link
Entry. Media Link Entries are represented as Atom Entries. The Entry. Media Link Entries are represented as Atom Entries. The
server can signal the media types it will accept via the "accept" server can signal the media types it will accept via the "accept"
element in the Service Document (Section 8.2.4). element in the Service Document (Section 8.2.4).
The Media Link Entry contains the IRI of, and metadata about, the The Media Link Entry contains the IRI of, and metadata about, the
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media type. It does not specify any request semantics or server media type. It does not specify any request semantics or server
behavior in the case where the POSTed media-type is "application/ behavior in the case where the POSTed media-type is "application/
atom+xml" but the body is something other than an Atom Entry. In atom+xml" but the body is something other than an Atom Entry. In
particular, what happens on POSTing an Atom Feed Document to a particular, what happens on POSTing an Atom Feed Document to a
Collection using the "application/atom+xml" media type is undefined. Collection using the "application/atom+xml" media type is undefined.
The Atom Protocol does not specify a means to create multiple The Atom Protocol does not specify a means to create multiple
representations of the same resource (for example a PNG and a JPG of representations of the same resource (for example a PNG and a JPG of
the same image) on creation or update. the same image) on creation or update.
9.5.1 Examples 9.5.1. Examples
Below, the client sends a POST request containing a PNG image to the Below, the client sends a POST request containing a PNG image to the
URI of a Collection that accepts PNG images: URI of a Collection that accepts PNG images:
POST /media/ HTTP/1.1 POST /media/ HTTP/1.1
Host: example.org Host: example.org
Content-Type: image/png Content-Type: image/png
Slug: The Beach Slug: The Beach
Authorization: Basic ZGFmZnk6c2VjZXJldA== Authorization: Basic ZGFmZnk6c2VjZXJldA==
Content-Length: nnn Content-Length: nnn
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href="http://example.org/blog/edit/a-day-at-the-beach.atom"/> href="http://example.org/blog/edit/a-day-at-the-beach.atom"/>
<link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" <link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml"
href="http://example.org/blog/a-day-at-the-beach.xhtml"/> href="http://example.org/blog/a-day-at-the-beach.xhtml"/>
</entry> </entry>
Note that the returned Entry contains a link with a relation of Note that the returned Entry contains a link with a relation of
"alternate" that points to the associated XHTML page that was "alternate" that points to the associated XHTML page that was
created. This is not required by this specification, but is included created. This is not required by this specification, but is included
to show the kinds of changes a server may make to an Entry. to show the kinds of changes a server may make to an Entry.
9.6 The Slug: Header 9.6. The Slug: Header
Slug is a HTTP entity-header whose value is a short name that, when Slug is a HTTP entity-header whose value is a short name that, when
accompanying a POST to a Collection, constitutes a request by the accompanying a POST to a Collection, constitutes a request by the
client that its value be used as part of the URI for the to-be- client that its value be used as part of the URI for the to-be-
created Member Resource. created Member Resource.
When POSTing an entity to a Collection to add a new Member, the When POSTing an entity to a Collection to add a new Member, the
server MAY use this information when creating the Member URI of the server MAY use this information when creating the Member URI of the
newly-created resource, for instance by using some or all of the newly-created resource, for instance by using some or all of the
words in the last URI segment. It MAY also use it when creating the words in the last URI segment. It MAY also use it when creating the
atom:id or as the title of a Media Link Entry (see Section 9.5.). atom:id or as the title of a Media Link Entry (see Section 9.5.).
Servers MAY ignore the Slug entity-header and MAY alter its value Servers MAY ignore the Slug entity-header and MAY alter its value
before using it. For example, the server MAY filter out some before using it. For example, the server MAY filter out some
characters or replace accented letters with non-accented ones, spaces characters or replace accented letters with non-accented ones, spaces
with underscores, etc. with underscores, etc.
9.6.1 Slug: Header syntax 9.6.1. Slug: Header syntax
The syntax of this header MUST conform to the augmented BNF grammar The syntax of this header MUST conform to the augmented BNF grammar
in section 2.1 of the HTTP/1.1 specification [RFC2616]. The TEXT in section 2.1 of the HTTP/1.1 specification [RFC2616]. The TEXT
rule is described in section 2.2 of the same document. rule is described in section 2.2 of the same document.
Slug = "Slug" ":" *TEXT Slug = "Slug" ":" *TEXT
Clients MAY send non-ASCII characters in the Slug entity-header, Clients MAY send non-ASCII characters in the Slug entity-header,
which they MUST encode using "encoded-words", as defined in which they MUST encode using "encoded-words", as defined in
[RFC2047]. Servers SHOULD treat the slug as [RFC2047] encoded if it [RFC2047]. Servers SHOULD treat the slug as [RFC2047] encoded if it
matches the "encoded-words" production. matches the "encoded-words" production.
9.6.2 Example 9.6.2. Example
Here is an example of the Slug: header that uses the encoding rules Here is an example of the Slug: header that uses the encoding rules
of [RFC2047]. of [RFC2047].
POST /myblog/entries HTTP/1.1 POST /myblog/entries HTTP/1.1
Host: example.org Host: example.org
Content-Type: image/png Content-Type: image/png
Slug: =?iso-8859-1?q?The_Beach?= Slug: =?iso-8859-1?q?The_Beach?=
Authorization: Basic ZGFmZnk6c2VjZXJldA== Authorization: Basic ZGFmZnk6c2VjZXJldA==
Content-Length: nnn Content-Length: nnn
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in a Collection. That is, the Atom Syndication Format states that in a Collection. That is, the Atom Syndication Format states that
the value of atom:updated is altered when the changes to an Entry are the value of atom:updated is altered when the changes to an Entry are
something that "the publisher considers significant." The atom: something that "the publisher considers significant." The atom:
updated value is not equivalent to the HTTP Last-Modified: header and updated value is not equivalent to the HTTP Last-Modified: header and
can not be used to determine the freshness of cached responses. can not be used to determine the freshness of cached responses.
Clients MUST NOT assume that an Atom Entry returned in the Feed is a Clients MUST NOT assume that an Atom Entry returned in the Feed is a
full representation of a Member Entry Resource and SHOULD perform a full representation of a Member Entry Resource and SHOULD perform a
GET on the URI of the Member Entry before editing. GET on the URI of the Member Entry before editing.
10.1 Collection Paging 10.1. Collection Paging
Collections can contain large numbers of resources. A naive client Collections can contain large numbers of resources. A naive client
such as a web spider or web browser could be overwhelmed if the such as a web spider or web browser could be overwhelmed if the
response to a GET contained every Entry in the Collection, and the response to a GET contained every Entry in the Collection, and the
server would waste large amounts of bandwidth and processing time on server would waste large amounts of bandwidth and processing time on
clients unable to handle the response. For this reason, servers MAY clients unable to handle the response. For this reason, servers MAY
return a partial listing of the most recently updated Member return a partial listing of the most recently updated Member
Resources. Such partial feed documents MUST have an atom:link with a Resources. Such partial feed documents MUST have an atom:link with a
"next" relation whose "href" value is the URI of the next partial "next" relation whose "href" value is the URI of the next partial
listing of the Collection (the next most recently updated Member listing of the Collection (the next most recently updated Member
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href="http://example.org/entries/go" /> href="http://example.org/entries/go" />
<link rel="previous" <link rel="previous"
href="http://example.org/entries/go" /> href="http://example.org/entries/go" />
<link rel="next" <link rel="next"
href="http://example.org/entries/3" /> href="http://example.org/entries/3" />
<link rel="last" <link rel="last"
href="http://example.org/entries/10" /> href="http://example.org/entries/10" />
... ...
</feed> </feed>
10.2 The "app:edited" Element 10.2. The "app:edited" Element
The "app:edited" element is a Date construct as defined by [RFC4287] The "app:edited" element is a Date construct as defined by [RFC4287]
whose value indicates the most recent instant in time when an Entry whose value indicates the most recent instant in time when an Entry
was edited, including when created. Atom Entry elements in was edited, including when created. Atom Entry elements in
Collection documents SHOULD contain one "app:edited" element, and Collection documents SHOULD contain one "app:edited" element, and
MUST NOT contain more than one. MUST NOT contain more than one.
appEdited = element app:edited ( atomDateConstruct ) appEdited = element app:edited ( atomDateConstruct )
The server SHOULD change the value of this element every time a The server SHOULD change the value of this element every time a
Collection Member Resource or an associated Media Resource has been Collection Member Resource or an associated Media Resource has been
edited. edited.
11. Atom Format Link Relation Extensions 11. Atom Format Link Relation Extensions
11.1 The "edit" Link Relation 11.1. The "edit" Link Relation
This specification adds the value "edit" to the Atom Registry of Link This specification adds the value "edit" to the Atom Registry of Link
Relations (see section 7.1 of [RFC4287]). The value of "edit" Relations (see section 7.1 of [RFC4287]). The value of "edit"
specifies that the value of the href attribute is the IRI of an specifies that the value of the href attribute is the IRI of an
editable Member Entry. When appearing within an atom:entry, the href editable Member Entry. When appearing within an atom:entry, the href
IRI can be used to retrieve, update and delete the resource IRI can be used to retrieve, update and delete the resource
represented by that Entry. An atom:entry MUST contain no more than represented by that Entry. An atom:entry MUST contain no more than
one "edit" link relation. one "edit" link relation.
11.2 The "edit-media" Link Relation 11.2. The "edit-media" Link Relation
This specification adds the value "edit-media" to the Atom Registry This specification adds the value "edit-media" to the Atom Registry
of Link Relations (see section 7.1 of [RFC4287]). When appearing of Link Relations (see section 7.1 of [RFC4287]). When appearing
within an atom:entry, the value of the href attribute is an IRI that within an atom:entry, the value of the href attribute is an IRI that
can be used to modify a Media Resource associated with that Entry. can be used to modify a Media Resource associated with that Entry.
An atom:entry element MAY contain zero or more "edit-media" link An atom:entry element MAY contain zero or more "edit-media" link
relations. An atom:entry MUST NOT contain more than one atom:link relations. An atom:entry MUST NOT contain more than one atom:link
element with a rel attribute value of "edit-media" that has the same element with a rel attribute value of "edit-media" that has the same
"type" and "hreflang" attribute values. All "edit-media" link "type" and "hreflang" attribute values. All "edit-media" link
relations in the same Entry reference the same resource. If a client relations in the same Entry reference the same resource. If a client
encounters multiple "edit-media" link relations in an Entry then it encounters multiple "edit-media" link relations in an Entry then it
SHOULD choose a link based on the client preferences for "type" and SHOULD choose a link based on the client preferences for "type" and
"hreflang". If a client encounters multiple "edit-media" link "hreflang". If a client encounters multiple "edit-media" link
relations in an Entry and has no preference based on the "type" and relations in an Entry and has no preference based on the "type" and
"hreflang" attributes then the client SHOULD pick the first "edit- "hreflang" attributes then the client SHOULD pick the first "edit-
media" link relation in document order. media" link relation in document order.
12. Atom Publishing Controls 12. The Atom Format Type Parameter
The Atom Syndication Format (RFC 4287) defines the 'application/
atom+xml' media type to identify both Atom Feed and Atom Entry
Documents. Implementation experience has demonstrated that Atom Feed
and Entry Documents can have different processing models and that
there are situations where they need to be differentiated. This
document defines an optional 'type' parameter used to differentiate
the two types of Atom documents.
12.1. The 'type' parameter
This document defines a new "type" parameter for use with the
'application/atom+xml' media type.
type = "entry" / "feed"
Neither the parameter name nor its value are case sensitive.
The value 'entry' indicates that the media type identifies an Atom
Entry Document. The root element of the document MUST be atom:entry.
The value 'feed' indicates that the media type identifies an Atom
Feed Document. The root element of the document MUST be atom:feed.
If not specified, the type is assumed to be unspecified, requiring
Atom processors to examine the root element to determine the type of
Atom document.
12.1.1. Conformance
New specifications MAY require that the type parameter be used to
identify the Atom Document type. Producers of Atom Entry Documents
SHOULD use the type parameter regardless of whether or not it is
required. Producers of Atom Feed Documents MAY use the parameter.
Atom processors that do not recognize the 'type' parameter MUST
ignore its value and examine the root element to determine the
document type.
Atom processors that do recognize the parameter SHOULD detect and
report inconsistencies between the parameter's value and the actual
type of the document's root element.
13. Atom Publishing Controls
This specification defines an Atom Format Structured Extension, as This specification defines an Atom Format Structured Extension, as
defined in Section 6 of [RFC4287], for publishing control within the defined in Section 6 of [RFC4287], for publishing control within the
"http://purl.org/atom/app#" namespace. "http://purl.org/atom/app#" namespace.
12.1 The "app:control" Element 13.1. The "app:control" Element
namespace app = "http://purl.org/atom/app#" namespace app = "http://purl.org/atom/app#"
pubControl = pubControl =
element app:control { element app:control {
atomCommonAttributes, atomCommonAttributes,
pubDraft? pubDraft?
& extensionElement & extensionElement
} }
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control element is considered foreign markup as defined in Section 6 control element is considered foreign markup as defined in Section 6
of [RFC4287]. of [RFC4287].
The app:control element and its child elements MAY be included in The app:control element and its child elements MAY be included in
Atom Feed or Entry Documents. Atom Feed or Entry Documents.
The app:control element can contain an optional "app:draft" element The app:control element can contain an optional "app:draft" element
as defined below, and can contain extension elements as defined in as defined below, and can contain extension elements as defined in
Section 6 of [RFC4287]. Section 6 of [RFC4287].
12.1.1 The "app:draft" Element 13.1.1. The "app:draft" Element
The number of app:draft elements in app:control MUST be zero or one. The number of app:draft elements in app:control MUST be zero or one.
Its value MUST be one of "yes" or "no". A value of "no" indicates a Its value MUST be one of "yes" or "no". A value of "no" indicates a
client request that the Member Resource be made publicly visible. If client request that the Member Resource be made publicly visible. If
the app:draft element is missing then the value MUST be understood to the app:draft element is missing then the value MUST be understood to
be "no". The inclusion of the app:draft element represents a request be "no". The inclusion of the app:draft element represents a request
by the client to control the visibility of a Member Resource and the by the client to control the visibility of a Member Resource and the
app:draft element MAY be ignored by the server. app:draft element MAY be ignored by the server.
13. Securing the Atom Publishing Protocol 14. Securing the Atom Publishing Protocol
The Atom Publishing Protocol is based on HTTP. Authentication The Atom Publishing Protocol is based on HTTP. Authentication
requirements for HTTP are covered in Section 11 of [RFC2616]. requirements for HTTP are covered in Section 11 of [RFC2616].
The use of authentication mechanisms to prevent POSTing or editing by The use of authentication mechanisms to prevent POSTing or editing by
unknown or unauthorized clients is RECOMMENDED but not required. unknown or unauthorized clients is RECOMMENDED but not required.
When authentication is not used, clients and servers are vulnerable When authentication is not used, clients and servers are vulnerable
to trivial spoofing, denial of service and defacement attacks, to trivial spoofing, denial of service and defacement attacks,
however, in some contexts, this is an acceptable risk. however, in some contexts, this is an acceptable risk.
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good or better at the time of deployment. It is RECOMMENDED that good or better at the time of deployment. It is RECOMMENDED that
clients be implemented in such a way that allows new authentication clients be implemented in such a way that allows new authentication
schemes to be deployed. schemes to be deployed.
Because this protocol uses HTTP response status codes as the primary Because this protocol uses HTTP response status codes as the primary
means of reporting the result of a request, servers are advised to means of reporting the result of a request, servers are advised to
respond to unauthorized or unauthenticated requests using an respond to unauthorized or unauthenticated requests using an
appropriate 4xx HTTP response code (e.g. 401 "Unauthorized" or 403 appropriate 4xx HTTP response code (e.g. 401 "Unauthorized" or 403
"Forbidden") in accordance with [RFC2617]. "Forbidden") in accordance with [RFC2617].
14. Security Considerations 15. Security Considerations
As an HTTP-based protocol, APP is subject to the security As an HTTP-based protocol, APP is subject to the security
considerations found in Section 15 of [RFC2616]. considerations found in Section 15 of [RFC2616].
14.1 Denial of Service 15.1. Denial of Service
Atom Publishing server implementations need to take adequate Atom Publishing server implementations need to take adequate
precautions to ensure malicious clients cannot consume excessive precautions to ensure malicious clients cannot consume excessive
server resources (CPU, memory, disk, etc). server resources (CPU, memory, disk, etc).
14.2 Replay Attacks 15.2. Replay Attacks
Atom Publishing server implementations are susceptible to replay Atom Publishing server implementations are susceptible to replay
attacks. Specifically, this specification does not define a means of attacks. Specifically, this specification does not define a means of
detecting duplicate requests. Accidentally sent duplicate requests detecting duplicate requests. Accidentally sent duplicate requests
are indistinguishable from intentional and malicious replay attacks. are indistinguishable from intentional and malicious replay attacks.
14.3 Spoofing Attacks 15.3. Spoofing Attacks
Atom Publishing implementations are susceptible to a variety of Atom Publishing implementations are susceptible to a variety of
spoofing attacks. Malicious clients may send Atom Entries containing spoofing attacks. Malicious clients may send Atom Entries containing
inaccurate information anywhere in the document. inaccurate information anywhere in the document.
14.4 Linked Resources 15.4. Linked Resources
Atom Feed and Entry documents can contain XML External Entities as Atom Feed and Entry documents can contain XML External Entities as
defined in Section 4.2.2 of [W3C.REC-xml-20060816]. Atom defined in Section 4.2.2 of [W3C.REC-xml]. Atom implementations are
implementations are not required to load external entities. External not required to load external entities. External entities are
entities are subject to the same security concerns as any network subject to the same security concerns as any network operation and
operation and can alter the semantics of an Atom document. The same can alter the semantics of an Atom document. The same issues exist
issues exist for resources linked to by Atom elements such as atom: for resources linked to by Atom elements such as atom:link and atom:
link and atom:content. content.
14.5 Digital Signatures and Encryption 15.5. Digital Signatures and Encryption
Atom Entry Documents sent to a server might contain XML Digital Atom Entry Documents sent to a server might contain XML Digital
Signatures [W3C.REC-xmldsig-core-20020212] and might be encrypted Signatures [W3C.REC-xmldsig-core] and might be encrypted using XML
using XML Encryption [W3C.REC-xmlenc-core-20021210] as specified in Encryption [W3C.REC-xmlenc-core] as specified in Section 5 of
Section 5 of [RFC4287]. [RFC4287].
Servers are allowed to modify received resource representations in Servers are allowed to modify received resource representations in
ways that can invalidate signatures covering those representations. ways that can invalidate signatures covering those representations.
14.6 URIs and IRIs 15.6. URIs and IRIs
Atom Publishing Protocol implementations handle URIs and IRIs. See Atom Publishing Protocol implementations handle URIs and IRIs. See
Section 7 of [RFC3986] and Section 8 of [RFC3987]. Section 7 of [RFC3986] and Section 8 of [RFC3987].
15. IANA Considerations 16. IANA Considerations
15.1 Content-type registration for 'application/atomserv+xml' 16.1. Content-type registration for 'application/atomserv+xml'
An Atom Publishing Protocol Service Document, when serialized as XML An Atom Publishing Protocol Service Document, when serialized as XML
1.0, can be identified with the following media type: 1.0, can be identified with the following media type:
MIME media type name: application MIME media type name: application
MIME subtype name: atomserv+xml MIME subtype name: atomserv+xml
Mandatory parameters: None. Mandatory parameters: None.
Optional parameters: Optional parameters:
"charset": This parameter has identical semantics to the charset "charset": This parameter has identical semantics to the charset
parameter of the "application/xml" media type as specified in parameter of the "application/xml" media type as specified in
[RFC3023]. [RFC3023].
Encoding considerations: Identical to those of "application/xml" as Encoding considerations: Identical to those of "application/xml" as
described in [RFC3023], section 3.2. described in [RFC3023], section 3.2.
Security considerations: As defined in this specification. Security considerations: As defined in this specification.
[[anchor31: update upon publication]] [[anchor32: update upon publication]]
In addition, as this media type uses the "+xml" convention, it In addition, as this media type uses the "+xml" convention, it
shares the same security considerations as described in [RFC3023], shares the same security considerations as described in [RFC3023],
section 10. section 10.
Interoperability considerations: There are no known interoperability Interoperability considerations: There are no known interoperability
issues. issues.
Published specification: This specification. [[anchor32: update upon Published specification: This specification. [[anchor33: update upon
publication]] publication]]
Applications that use this media type: No known applications Applications that use this media type: No known applications
currently use this media type. currently use this media type.
Additional information: Additional information:
Magic number(s): As specified for "application/xml" in [RFC3023], Magic number(s): As specified for "application/xml" in [RFC3023],
section 3.2. section 3.2.
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Base URI: As specified in [RFC3023], section 6. Base URI: As specified in [RFC3023], section 6.
Macintosh File Type code: TEXT Macintosh File Type code: TEXT
Person and email address to contact for further information: Joe Person and email address to contact for further information: Joe
Gregorio <joe@bitworking.org> Gregorio <joe@bitworking.org>
Intended usage: COMMON Intended usage: COMMON
Author/Change controller: This specification's author(s). [[anchor33: Author/Change controller: This specification's author(s).
update upon publication]] [[anchor34: update upon publication]]
15.2 Content-type registration for 'application/atomcat+xml' 16.2. Content-type registration for 'application/atomcat+xml'
An Atom Publishing Protocol Category Document, when serialized as XML An Atom Publishing Protocol Category Document, when serialized as XML
1.0, can be identified with the following media type: 1.0, can be identified with the following media type:
MIME media type name: application MIME media type name: application
MIME subtype name: atomcat+xml MIME subtype name: atomcat+xml
Mandatory parameters: None. Mandatory parameters: None.
Optional parameters: Optional parameters:
"charset": This parameter has identical semantics to the charset "charset": This parameter has identical semantics to the charset
parameter of the "application/xml" media type as specified in parameter of the "application/xml" media type as specified in
[RFC3023]. [RFC3023].
Encoding considerations: Identical to those of "application/xml" as Encoding considerations: Identical to those of "application/xml" as
described in [RFC3023], section 3.2. described in [RFC3023], section 3.2.
Security considerations: As defined in this specification. Security considerations: As defined in this specification.
[[anchor34: update upon publication]] [[anchor35: update upon publication]]
In addition, as this media type uses the "+xml" convention, it In addition, as this media type uses the "+xml" convention, it
shares the same security considerations as described in [RFC3023], shares the same security considerations as described in [RFC3023],
section 10. section 10.
Interoperability considerations: There are no known interoperability Interoperability considerations: There are no known interoperability
issues. issues.
Published specification: This specification. [[anchor35: update upon Published specification: This specification. [[anchor36: update upon
publication]] publication]]
Applications that use this media type: No known applications Applications that use this media type: No known applications
currently use this media type. currently use this media type.
Additional information: Additional information:
Magic number(s): As specified for "application/xml" in [RFC3023], Magic number(s): As specified for "application/xml" in [RFC3023],
section 3.2. section 3.2.
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Base URI: As specified in [RFC3023], section 6. Base URI: As specified in [RFC3023], section 6.
Macintosh File Type code: TEXT Macintosh File Type code: TEXT
Person and email address to contact for further information: Joe Person and email address to contact for further information: Joe
Gregorio <joe@bitworking.org> Gregorio <joe@bitworking.org>
Intended usage: COMMON Intended usage: COMMON
Author/Change controller: This specification's author(s). [[anchor36: Author/Change controller: This specification's author(s).
update upon publication]] [[anchor37: update upon publication]]
15.3 Header field registration for 'SLUG'
[[anchor37: incomplete section --dehora]] 16.3. Header field registration for 'SLUG'
Header field: SLUG Header field: SLUG
Applicable protocol: http [RFC2616] Applicable protocol: http [RFC2616]
Status: standard. Status: standard.
Author/Change controller: IETF (iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering Author/Change controller: IETF (iesg@ietf.org) Internet Engineering
Task Force Task Force
Specification document(s): draft-ietf-atompub-protocol-11.txt Specification document(s): draft-ietf-atompub-protocol-13.txt
([[anchor38: update on rfc number assignment --dehora]]) ([[anchor38: update on rfc number assignment]])
Related information: Related information:
16. References 16.4. The Link Relation registration "edit"
16.1 Normative References Attribute Value: edit
Description: An IRI of an editable Member Entry. When appearing
within an atom:entry, the href IRI can be used to retrieve, update
and delete the resource represented by that Entry.
Expected display characteristics: Undefined; this relation can be
used for background processing or to provide extended
functionality without displaying its value.
Security considerations: Automated agents should take care when this
relation crosses administrative domains (e.g., the URI has a
different authority than the current document).
16.5. The Link Relation registration "edit-media"
Attribute Value: edit-media
Description: An IRI of an editable Media Resource. When appearing
within an atom:entry, the href IRI can be used to retrieve, update
and delete the Media Resource associated with that Entry.
Expected display characteristics: Undefined; this relation can be
used for background processing or to provide extended
functionality without displaying its value.
Security considerations: Automated agents should take care when this
relation crosses administrative domains (e.g., the URI has a
different authority than the current document).
16.6. The Atom Format Media Type Parameter
IANA is requested to add a reference to this specification in the
'application/atom+xml' media type registration.
17. References
17.1. Normative References
[RFC2047] Moore, K., "MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) [RFC2047] Moore, K., "MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
Part Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text", Part Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text",
RFC 2047, November 1996. RFC 2047, November 1996.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[RFC2616] Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H., [RFC2616] Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H.,
Masinter, L., Leach, P., and T. Berners-Lee, "Hypertext Masinter, L., Leach, P., and T. Berners-Lee, "Hypertext
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[RFC3987] Duerst, M. and M. Suignard, "Internationalized Resource [RFC3987] Duerst, M. and M. Suignard, "Internationalized Resource
Identifiers (IRIs)", RFC 3987, January 2005. Identifiers (IRIs)", RFC 3987, January 2005.
[RFC4287] Nottingham, M. and R. Sayre, "The Atom Syndication [RFC4287] Nottingham, M. and R. Sayre, "The Atom Syndication
Format", RFC 4287, December 2005. Format", RFC 4287, December 2005.
[RFC4346] Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer Security [RFC4346] Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer Security
(TLS) Protocol Version 1.1", RFC 4346, April 2006. (TLS) Protocol Version 1.1", RFC 4346, April 2006.
[W3C.REC-xml-20060816] [W3C.REC-xml]
Bray, T., Paoli, J., Maler, E., Sperberg-McQueen, C., and Yergeau, F., Paoli, J., Bray, T., Sperberg-McQueen, C.,
F. Yergeau, "Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fourth and E. Maler, "Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0
Edition)", World Wide Web Consortium Recommendation REC- (Fourth Edition)", World Wide Web Consortium
xml-20060816, August 2006. Recommendation REC-xml-20060816, August 2006,
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml-20060816>.
[W3C.REC-xml-infoset-20040204] [W3C.REC-xml-infoset]
Cowan, J., Tobin, R., and A. Layman, "XML Information Set Cowan, J. and R. Tobin, "XML Information Set (Second
(Second Edition)", W3C REC W3C.REC-xml-infoset-20040204, Edition)", World Wide Web Consortium Recommendation REC-
February 2004. xml-infoset-20040204, February 2004,
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-infoset-20040204>.
[W3C.REC-xml-names-20060816] [W3C.REC-xml-names]
Hollander, D., Bray, T., and A. Layman, "Namespaces in Hollander, D., Bray, T., Tobin, R., and A. Layman,
XML", World Wide Web Consortium Recommendation REC-xml- "Namespaces in XML 1.0 (Second Edition)", World Wide Web
names-20060816, August 2006. Consortium Recommendation REC-xml-names-20060816,
August 2006,
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml-names-20060816>.
[W3C.REC-xmlbase-20010627] [W3C.REC-xmlbase-20010627]
Marsh, J., "XML Base", W3C REC W3C.REC-xmlbase-20010627, Marsh, J., "XML Base", W3C REC W3C.REC-xmlbase-20010627,
June 2001. June 2001.
[W3C.REC-xmldsig-core-20020212] [W3C.REC-xmldsig-core]
Solo, D., Reagle, J., and D. Eastlake, "XML-Signature Solo, D., Reagle, J., and D. Eastlake, "XML-Signature
Syntax and Processing", World Wide Web Consortium Syntax and Processing", World Wide Web Consortium
Recommendation REC-xmldsig-core-20020212, February 2002, Recommendation REC-xmldsig-core-20020212, February 2002,
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/REC-xmldsig-core-20020212>. <http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/REC-xmldsig-core-20020212>.
[W3C.REC-xmlenc-core-20021210] [W3C.REC-xmlenc-core]
Eastlake, D. and J. Reagle, "XML Encryption Syntax and Eastlake, D. and J. Reagle, "XML Encryption Syntax and
Processing", World Wide Web Consortium Recommendation REC- Processing", World Wide Web Consortium Recommendation REC-
xmlenc-core-20021210, December 2002, xmlenc-core-20021210, December 2002,
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/REC-xmlenc-core-20021210>. <http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/REC-xmlenc-core-20021210>.
16.2 Informative References 17.2. Informative References
[RNC] Clark, J., "RELAX NG Compact Syntax", December 2001. [RNC] Clark, J., "RELAX NG Compact Syntax", December 2001, <http
://www.oasis-open.org/committees/relax-ng/
compact-20021121.html>.
[W3C.REC-webarch-20041215] [W3C.REC-webarch-20041215]
Walsh, N. and I. Jacobs, "Architecture of the World Wide Walsh, N. and I. Jacobs, "Architecture of the World Wide
Web, Volume One", W3C REC REC-webarch-20041215, Web, Volume One", W3C REC REC-webarch-20041215,
December 2004. December 2004.
URIs URIs
[1] <http://www.imc.org/atom-protocol/index.html> [1] <http://www.imc.org/atom-protocol/index.html>
Authors' Addresses
Joe Gregorio (editor)
IBM
4205 South Miama Blvd.
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
US
Phone: +1 919 272 3764
Email: joe@bitworking.org
URI: http://ibm.com/
Bill de hOra (editor)
Propylon Ltd.
45 Blackbourne Square, Rathfarnham Gate
Dublin, Dublin D14
IE
Phone: +353-1-4927444
Email: bill.dehora@propylon.com
URI: http://www.propylon.com/
Appendix A. Contributors Appendix A. Contributors
The content and concepts within are a product of the Atom community The content and concepts within are a product of the Atom community
and the Atompub Working Group. and the Atompub Working Group.
[[anchor42: chairs to compile a contribution list for 1.0 --dehora]] [[anchor42: chairs to compile a contribution list for 1.0 --dehora]]
Appendix B. RELAX NG Compact Schema Appendix B. RELAX NG Compact Schema
This appendix is informative. This appendix is informative.
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& extensionElement* ) & extensionElement* )
} }
# app:workspace # app:workspace
appWorkspace = appWorkspace =
element app:workspace { element app:workspace {
appCommonAttributes, appCommonAttributes,
( atomTitle ( atomTitle
& appCollection* & appCollection*
& extensionElement* ) & extensionSansTitleElement* )
} }
atomTitle = element atom:title { atomTextConstruct } atomTitle = element atom:title { atomTextConstruct }
# app:collection # app:collection
appCollection = appCollection =
element app:collection { element app:collection {
appCommonAttributes, appCommonAttributes,
attribute href { atomURI }, attribute href { atomURI },
( atomTitle ( atomTitle
& appAccept? & appAccept?
& appCategories* & appCategories*
& extensionElement* ) & extensionSansTitleElement* )
} }
# app:categories # app:categories
atomCategory = atomCategory =
element atom:category { element atom:category {
atomCommonAttributes, atomCommonAttributes,
attribute term { text }, attribute term { text },
attribute scheme { atomURI }?, attribute scheme { atomURI }?,
attribute label { text }?, attribute label { text }?,
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( appTypeValue? ) ( appTypeValue? )
} }
appTypeValue = ( "entry" | media-type |entry-or-media-type ) appTypeValue = ( "entry" | media-type |entry-or-media-type )
media-type = xsd:string { pattern = "entry,(.+/.+,?)*" } media-type = xsd:string { pattern = "entry,(.+/.+,?)*" }
entry-or-media-type = xsd:string { pattern = "(.+/.+,?)*" } entry-or-media-type = xsd:string { pattern = "(.+/.+,?)*" }
# above is an approximation, rnc doesn't support interleaved text # above is an approximation, rnc doesn't support interleaved text
# Simple Extension # Simple Extension
simpleSansTitleExtensionElement =
element * - (app:*|atom:title) {
text
}
simpleExtensionElement = simpleExtensionElement =
element * - app:* { element * - (app:*) {
text text
} }
# Structured Extension # Structured Extension
structuredSansTitleExtensionElement =
element * - (app:*|atom:title) {
(attribute * { text }+,
(text|anyElement)*)
| (attribute * { text }*,
(text?, anyElement+, (text|anyElement)*))
}
structuredExtensionElement = structuredExtensionElement =
element * - app:* { element * - (app:*) {
(attribute * { text }+, (attribute * { text }+,
(text|anyElement)*) (text|anyElement)*)
| (attribute * { text }*, | (attribute * { text }*,
(text?, anyElement+, (text|anyElement)*)) (text?, anyElement+, (text|anyElement)*))
} }
# Other Extensibility # Other Extensibility
extensionSansTitleElement =
simpleSansTitleExtensionElement|structuredSansTitleExtensionElement
extensionElement = extensionElement =
simpleExtensionElement | structuredExtensionElement simpleExtensionElement | structuredExtensionElement
undefinedContent = (text|anyForeignElement)* undefinedContent = (text|anyForeignElement)*
# Extensions # Extensions
anyElement = anyElement =
element * { element * {
(attribute * { text } (attribute * { text }
| text | text
| anyElement)* | anyElement)*
} }
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# Extensions # Extensions
anyElement = anyElement =
element * { element * {
(attribute * { text } (attribute * { text }
| text | text
| anyElement)* | anyElement)*
} }
anyForeignElement = anyForeignElement =
element * - atom:* { element * - app:* {
(attribute * { text } (attribute * { text }
| text | text
| anyElement)* | anyElement)*
} }
atomPlainTextConstruct = atomPlainTextConstruct =
atomCommonAttributes, atomCommonAttributes,
attribute type { "text" | "html" }?, attribute type { "text" | "html" }?,
text text
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| text | text
| anyXHTML)* | anyXHTML)*
} }
# EOF # EOF
The Schema for Category Documents: The Schema for Category Documents:
# -*- rnc -*- # -*- rnc -*-
# RELAX NG Compact Syntax Grammar for the Atom Protocol # RELAX NG Compact Syntax Grammar for the Atom Protocol
namespace app = "http://purl.org/atom/app#" namespace app = "http://purl.org/atom/app#"
namespace atom = "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" namespace atom = "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
namespace xsd = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" namespace xsd = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
namespace local = "" namespace local = ""
start = appCategories start = appCategories
# common:attrs
atomCommonAttributes = atomCommonAttributes =
attribute xml:base { atomUri }?, attribute xml:base { atomURI }?,
attribute xml:lang { atomLanguageTag }?, attribute xml:lang { atomLanguageTag }?,
undefinedAttribute* undefinedAttribute*
undefinedAttribute = undefinedAttribute =
attribute * - (xml:base | xml:lang | local:*) { text } attribute * - (xml:base | xml:lang | local:*) { text }
atomUri = text atomURI = text
atomLanguageTag = xsd:string { atomLanguageTag = xsd:string {
pattern = "[A-Za-z]{1,8}(-[A-Za-z0-9]{1,8})*" pattern = "[A-Za-z]{1,8}(-[A-Za-z0-9]{1,8})*"
} }
atomCategory = atomCategory =
element atom:category { element atom:category {
atomCommonAttributes, atomCommonAttributes,
attribute term { text }, attribute term { text },
attribute scheme { atomUri }?, attribute scheme { atomURI }?,
attribute label { text }?, attribute label { text }?,
undefinedContent undefinedContent
} }
appInlineCategories = appInlineCategories =
element app:categories { element app:categories {
attribute fixed { "yes" | "no" }?, attribute fixed { "yes" | "no" }?,
attribute scheme { atomUri }?, attribute scheme { atomURI }?,
(atomCategory*) (atomCategory*)
} }
appOutOfLineCategories = appOutOfLineCategories =
element app:categories { element app:categories {
attribute href { atomURI }, attribute href { atomURI },
(empty) (empty)
} }
appCategories = appInlineCategories | appOutOfLineCategories appCategories = appInlineCategories | appOutOfLineCategories
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element * - atom:* { element * - atom:* {
(attribute * { text } (attribute * { text }
| text | text
| anyElement)* | anyElement)*
} }
# EOF # EOF
Appendix C. Revision History Appendix C. Revision History
[[anchor44: This section to be removed upon publication.]]
draft-ietf-atompub-protocol-13: Added Lisa's verbiage. Folded in
James' Atom Format media type 'type' parameter spec. Updated
document references to be more consistent, added URLs to some, and
shortened up their anchors. Debugged rnc.
draft-ietf-atompub-protocol-11: Parts of PaceAppEdited. draft-ietf-atompub-protocol-11: Parts of PaceAppEdited.
PaceSecurityConsiderationsRevised. PaceSecurityConsiderationsRevised.
draft-ietf-atompub-protocol-10: PaceRemoveTitleHeader2, draft-ietf-atompub-protocol-10: PaceRemoveTitleHeader2,
PaceSlugHeader4, PaceOnlyMemberURI,PaceOneAppNamespaceOnly, PaceSlugHeader4, PaceOnlyMemberURI,PaceOneAppNamespaceOnly,
PaceAppCategories, PaceExtendIntrospection, PaceAppCategories, PaceExtendIntrospection,
UseElementsForAppCollectionTitles3, renamed Introspection to Service, UseElementsForAppCollectionTitles3, renamed Introspection to Service,
lots of good editorials suggestions, updated media example with slug, lots of good editorials suggestions, updated media example with slug,
moved xml conventions to convention sections, renamed XMl related moved xml conventions to convention sections, renamed XMl related
Conventions to Atom Publishing Protocol Documents, added auth header Conventions to Atom Publishing Protocol Documents, added auth header
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instead they are retrieved via GET. Cleaned up figure titles, as instead they are retrieved via GET. Cleaned up figure titles, as
they are rendered poorly in HTML. All content-types have been they are rendered poorly in HTML. All content-types have been
changed to application/atom+xml. changed to application/atom+xml.
Rev 01 - 5Jul2003 - Renamed from EchoAPI.html to follow the more Rev 01 - 5Jul2003 - Renamed from EchoAPI.html to follow the more
commonly used format: draft-gregorio-NN.html. Renamed all references commonly used format: draft-gregorio-NN.html. Renamed all references
to URL to URI. Broke out introspection into its own section. Added to URL to URI. Broke out introspection into its own section. Added
the Revision History section. Added more to the warning that the the Revision History section. Added more to the warning that the
example URIs are not normative. example URIs are not normative.
Intellectual Property Statement Authors' Addresses
Joe Gregorio (editor)
IBM
4205 South Miama Blvd.
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
US
Phone: +1 919 272 3764
Email: joe@bitworking.org
URI: http://ibm.com/
Bill de hOra (editor)
Propylon Ltd.
45 Blackbourne Square, Rathfarnham Gate
Dublin, Dublin D14
IE
Phone: +353-1-4927444
Email: bill.dehora@propylon.com
URI: http://www.propylon.com/
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