Re: [art] [media-types] [[e-mail]] New Version Notification for draft-shelby-exi-registration-02.txt

[Ned Freed <[e-mail]>]

Has something changed about the definition of EXI that would make it actually
appropriate as a media type suffix? Because unless there's been a change the
reason this hasn't progressed is because it's inappropriate for it to do so.

In particular, it isn't possible to process a type that ends in +exi in any
significant way without knowing the type's schema. So unless there's a way
of discovering that knowing nothing but the type name, +exi provides
no utility.

				Ned

> Hi all,
> (core ML Cc'd due to specific interest in this topic)

> We have submitted an updated version of draft-shelby-exi-registration
> that documents appropriate use of the "+exi" structured syntax suffix.

> This document has been around since 2012 where it has been discussed in
> the IETF media-types mailing list. There has not been much progress
> since, specifically because the "application/exi" media type and the
> "exi" content coding deemed to be sufficient.

> Recent media type registration requests---in particular for
> application/senml+exi---indicate that there are cases where the generic
> exi media type and content coding header are not applicable.

> Any comments are welcome!

> Best regards
> Olaf