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Network Working Group M. Froumentin Network Working Group M. Froumentin
Internet-Draft W3C Internet-Draft W3C
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The W3C Speech Interface Framework Media Types: The W3C Speech Interface Framework Media Types: application/
application/voicexml+xml, application/ssml+xml, application/srgs, voicexml+xml, application/ssml+xml, application/srgs, application/
application/srgs+xml, application/ccxml+xml and application/pls+xml srgs+xml, application/ccxml+xml and application/pls+xml
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Abstract Abstract
This document defines the media type for the languages of the W3C This document defines the media types for the languages of the W3C
Speech Interface Framework: VoiceXML, SSML, SRGS, CCXML and PLS. Speech Interface Framework, as designed by the Voice Browser
Working Group in the following specifications: the Voice Extensible
Markup Language XML, the Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML),
The Speech Recognition Grammar Specification (SRGS), Call Control
XML (CCXML) and the Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS).
Table of Contents Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Registration of application/voicexml+xml, 2. Registration of application/voicexml+xml,
application/ssml+xml, application/srgs+xml, application/ssml+xml, application/srgs+xml,
application/ccxml+xml and application/pls+xml . . . . . . . . 4 application/ccxml+xml and application/pls+xml . . . . . . . . 4
2.1 Encoding considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.1 Encoding considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2 Interoperability considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2 Interoperability considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.3 Published specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.3 Published specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.4 Applications which use these media types . . . . . . . . . 4 2.4 Applications which use these media types . . . . . . . . . 4
2.5 Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.5 Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.6 Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.6 Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.6.1 Magic numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.6.1 Magic numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.6.2 File extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.6.2 File extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.6.3 Fragment identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.6.3 Fragment identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.6.4 Macintosh File Type Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.6.4 Macintosh File Type Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.6.5 Person & email address to contact for further 2.6.5 Person & email address to contact for further
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.6.6 Intended usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.6.6 Intended usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.6.7 Change Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.6.7 Change Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3. Registration of application/srgs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3. Registration of application/srgs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1 Encoding considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.1 Encoding considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2 Interoperability considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.2 Interoperability considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.3 Published specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.3 Published specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.4 Applications which use this media types . . . . . . . . . 7 3.4 Applications which use this media types . . . . . . . . . 7
3.5 Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.5 Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.6 Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.6 Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.6.1 Magic numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.6.1 Magic numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.6.2 File extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.6.2 File extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.6.3 Macintosh File Type Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.6.3 Macintosh File Type Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.6.4 Person & email address to contact for further 3.6.4 Person & email address to contact for further
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.6.5 Intended usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.6.5 Intended usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.6.6 Change Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.6.6 Change Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5. IPR Disclosure Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5. IPR Disclosure Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . 12 Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . 12
1. Introduction 1. Introduction
This specification defines the media types of the VoiceXML, SSML, This specification defines the media types of the VoiceXML, SSML,
SRGS, CCXML and PLS, the specifications of the W3C Speech Interface SRGS, CCXML and PLS, the specifications of the W3C Speech Interface
Platform Platform.
VoiceXML is an XML language designed for creating audio dialogs that VoiceXML is an XML language designed for creating audio dialogs that
feature synthesized speech, digitized audio, recognition of spoken feature synthesized speech, digitized audio, recognition of spoken
and DTMF key input, recording of spoken input, telephony, and mixed and DTMF key input, recording of spoken input, telephony, and mixed
initiative conversations. The associated media type defined in this initiative conversations. The associated media type defined in this
document is "application/voicexml+xml". document is "application/voicexml+xml".
The Speech Synthesis Markup Language Specification (SSML) defines an The Speech Synthesis Markup Language Specification (SSML) defines an
XML-based markup language for assisting the generation of synthetic XML-based markup language for assisting the generation of synthetic
speech in Web and other applications. The essential role of SSML is speech in Web and other applications. The essential role of SSML is
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dialog systems, such as VoiceXML. The associated media type defined dialog systems, such as VoiceXML. The associated media type defined
in this document is "application/ccxml+xml". in this document is "application/ccxml+xml".
The Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS) defines an XML syntax The Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS) defines an XML syntax
for specifying pronunciation lexicons to be used by speech for specifying pronunciation lexicons to be used by speech
recognition and speech synthesis engines in voice browser recognition and speech synthesis engines in voice browser
applications. The associated media type defined in this document is applications. The associated media type defined in this document is
"application/pls+xml". "application/pls+xml".
2. Registration of application/voicexml+xml, application/ssml+xml, 2. Registration of application/voicexml+xml, application/ssml+xml,
application/srgs+xml, application/ccxml+xml and application/pls+xml application/srgs+xml, application/ccxml+xml and application/pls+xml
MIME media type name: application MIME media type name: application
MIME subtype names: voicexml+xml, ssml+xml, srgs+xml, ccxml+xml, MIME subtype names: voicexml+xml, ssml+xml, srgs+xml, ccxml+xml,
pls+xml pls+xml
Required parameters: none Required parameters: none
Optional parameters: Optional parameters:
"charset": This parameter has identical semantics to the "charset": This parameter has identical semantics to the
charset parameter of the "application/xml" media type as charset parameter of the "application/xml" media type as
specified in RFC 3023 [RFC3023]. specified in RFC 3023 [RFC3023].
2.1 Encoding considerations 2.1 Encoding considerations
Identical to those of "application/xml" as described in RFC 3023 Identical to those of "application/xml" as described in RFC 3023
[RFC3023], section 3.2 [RFC3023], section 3.2.
2.2 Interoperability considerations 2.2 Interoperability considerations
There are no known interoperability issues. There are no known interoperability issues.
2.3 Published specifications 2.3 Published specifications
Voice Extensible Markup Language 2.0 [VoiceXML2.0] Voice Extensible Markup Language 2.0 [VoiceXML2.0]
Voice Extensible Markup Language 2.1 [VoiceXML2.1] Voice Extensible Markup Language 2.1 [VoiceXML2.1]
Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.0 [SSML] Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.0 [SSML]
Speech Recognition Grammar Specification Version 1.0 [SRGS] Speech Recognition Grammar Specification Version 1.0 [SRGS]
Voice Browser Call Control: CCXML Version 1.0 [CCXML] Voice Browser Call Control: CCXML Version 1.0 [CCXML]
Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS) Version 1.0 [PLS] Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS) Version 1.0 [PLS]
2.4 Applications which use these media types 2.4 Applications which use these media types
Various W3C Speech Interface Platform implementations use these media Various W3C Speech Interface Platform implementations use these media
types types.
2.5 Security Considerations 2.5 Security Considerations
Several instructions in the cited specifications may cause arbitrary Several instructions in the cited specifications may cause arbitrary
URIs to be dereferenced. In this case, the security issues of URIs to be dereferenced. In this case, the security issues of
[RFC2396], section 7, should be considered. [RFC2396], section 7, should be considered.
In addition, because of the extensibility features of those In addition, because of the extensibility features of those
specifications, it is possible that the registered media types may specifications, it is possible that the registered media types may
describe content that has security implications beyond those describe content that has security implications beyond those
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the processor recognizes and processes the additional content, or the processor recognizes and processes the additional content, or
where further processing of that content is dispatched to other where further processing of that content is dispatched to other
processors, would security issues potentially arise. And in that processors, would security issues potentially arise. And in that
case, they would fall outside the domain of this registration case, they would fall outside the domain of this registration
document. document.
3.6 Additional Information 3.6 Additional Information
3.6.1 Magic numbers 3.6.1 Magic numbers
The ABNF self-identifying header must be present in any legal The ABNF self-identifying header must be present in any legal stand-
stand-alone ABNF Form grammar document. The first character of an alone ABNF Form grammar document. The first character of an ABNF
ABNF document must be the "#" symbol (x23) unless preceded by an document must be the "#" symbol (x23) unless preceded by an optional
optional XML 1.0 byte order mark. The ABNF byte order mark follows XML 1.0 byte order mark. The ABNF byte order mark follows the XML
the XML definition and requirements. For example, documents encoded definition and requirements. For example, documents encoded in
in UTF-16 must begin with the byte order mark. The optional byte UTF-16 must begin with the byte order mark. The optional byte order
order mark and required "#" symbol must be followed immediately by mark and required "#" symbol must be followed immediately by the
the exact string "ABNF" (x41 x42 x4d x46) or the appropriate exact string "ABNF" (x41 x42 x4d x46) or the appropriate equivalent
equivalent for the document's encoding (e.g. for UTF-16 for the document's encoding (e.g. for UTF-16 little-endian: x23 x00
little-endian: x23 x00 x41 x00 x42 x00 x4d x00 x46 x00). If the byte x41 x00 x42 x00 x4d x00 x46 x00). If the byte order mark is absent
order mark is absent on a grammar encoded in UTF-16 then the grammar on a grammar encoded in UTF-16 then the grammar processor should
processor should perform auto-detection of character encoding in a perform auto-detection of character encoding in a manner analogous to
manner analogous to auto-detection of character encoding in XML. auto-detection of character encoding in XML. Next follows a single
Next follows a single space character (x20) and the required version space character (x20) and the required version number which is "1.0"
number which is "1.0" for this specification (x31 x2e x30). for this specification (x31 x2e x30).
3.6.2 File extensions 3.6.2 File extensions
.gram .gram
3.6.3 Macintosh File Type Code 3.6.3 Macintosh File Type Code
"TEXT" "TEXT"
3.6.4 Person & email address to contact for further information 3.6.4 Person & email address to contact for further information
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COMMON COMMON
3.6.6 Change Controller 3.6.6 Change Controller
The SRGS specification is a work product of the World Wide Web The SRGS specification is a work product of the World Wide Web
Consortium's Voice Browser Working Group. The W3C has change control Consortium's Voice Browser Working Group. The W3C has change control
over the SRGS specification. over the SRGS specification.
4. IANA Considerations 4. IANA Considerations
This document calls for registration of a new MIME media type, This document calls for registration of six new MIME media types,
according to the registration in Section 2. according to the registrations in Section 2 and Section 3.
5. IPR Disclosure Acknowledgement 5. IPR Disclosure Acknowledgement
By submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that any By submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that any
applicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she is aware applicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she is aware
have been or will be disclosed, and any of which he or she becomes have been or will be disclosed, and any of which he or she becomes
aware will be disclosed, in accordance with Section 6 of BCP 79. aware will be disclosed, in accordance with Section 6 of BCP 79.
6. Normative References 6. Normative References
[CCXML] Auburn, RJ., Ed., "Voice Browser Call Control: CCXML [CCXML] Auburn, RJ., Ed., "Voice Browser Call Control: CCXML
Version 1.0, W3C Working Draft", January 2005, Version 1.0, W3C Working Draft", January 2005,
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-ccxml-20050111/>. <http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-ccxml-20050111/>.
[PLS] Baggia, P., Ed., "Pronunciation Lexicon Specification [PLS] Baggia, P., Ed., "Pronunciation Lexicon Specification
(PLS) Version 1.0, W3C Working Draft", February 2005, (PLS) Version 1.0, W3C Working Draft", February 2005,
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-pronunciation-lexicon-200502 <http://w3.org/TR/2005/
14/>. WD-pronunciation-lexicon-20050214/>.
[RFC2396] Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R. and L. Masinter, "Uniform [RFC2396] Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R., and L. Masinter, "Uniform
Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax. IETF RFC Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax. IETF RFC
2396", August 1998, <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt>. 2396", August 1998, <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt>.
[RFC3023] Murate, M., St.Laurent, S. and D. Kohn, "XML Media Types", [RFC3023] Murate, M., St.Laurent, S., and D. Kohn, "XML Media
January 2001, <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3023.txt>. Types", January 2001,
<http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3023.txt>.
[SRGS] Hunt, A., Ed. and S. McGlashan, Ed., "Speech Recognition [SRGS] Hunt, A., Ed. and S. McGlashan, Ed., "Speech Recognition
Grammar Specification Version 1.0, W3C Recommendation", Grammar Specification Version 1.0, W3C Recommendation",
March 2004, March 2004,
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-speech-grammar-20040316/>. <http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-speech-grammar-20040316/>.
[SSML] Burnett, D., Ed., Walker, M., Ed. and A. Hunt, Ed., [SSML] Burnett, D., Ed., Walker, M., Ed., and A. Hunt, Ed.,
"Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.0, W3C "Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.0, W3C
Recomendation", September 2004, Recomendation", September 2004,
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-speech-synthesis-20040907/> <http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/
. REC-speech-synthesis-20040907/>.
[VoiceXML2.0] [VoiceXML2.0]
McGlashan, S., Ed., "Voice Extensible Markup Language McGlashan, S., Ed., "Voice Extensible Markup Language
(VoiceXML) Version 2.0, W3C Recommendation", March 2004, (VoiceXML) Version 2.0, W3C Recommendation", March 2004,
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-voicexml20-20040316/>. <http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-voicexml20-20040316/>.
[VoiceXML2.1] [VoiceXML2.1]
Oshry, M., Ed., "Voice Extensible Markup Language Oshry, M., Ed., "Voice Extensible Markup Language
(VoiceXML) Version 2.1, W3C Working Draft", July 2004, (VoiceXML) Version 2.1, W3C Working Draft", July 2004,
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-voicexml21-20040728/>. <http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-voicexml21-20040728/>.
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