Re: [apps-discuss] New I-D: text/markdown Media Type - draft-seantek-text-markdown-media-type-00

[Ned Freed <[e-mail]>]

> On 7/9/2014 10:06 AM, Ned Freed wrote:
> > And even the variants themselves aren't all that precisely defined. Which IMO
> > makes them a mismatch for the +suffix concept, even if we did something like
> > +markdown-variant.


> The way this thread has progressed suggests to me that the spec is
> better as a single, specific media type, with no variant option.

My understanding is that there are already multiple variants in play, so
you'd need multiple media types right off as well as an effort to get
them all registered.

> When a next form of markdown gets traction, give it its own media type
> entry.

I'm really not a fan of this approach, but then again, my position as
reviewer may bias me somewhat here.

				Ned