Re: [xml-dir] Fwd: Last Call: 'CellML Media Type' to Informational RFC (draft-miller-media-type-cellml)

Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com> Thu, 22 June 2006 21:59 UTC

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Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:59:59 -0700
From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
Subject: Re: [xml-dir] Fwd: Last Call: 'CellML Media Type' to Informational RFC (draft-miller-media-type-cellml)
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On Jun 22, 2006, at 2:11 PM, Lisa Dusseault wrote:

>> The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to  
>> consider the
>> following document:
>>
>> - 'CellML Media Type '
>>    <draft-miller-media-type-cellml-03.txt> as an Informational RFC
>>
>> The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
>> final comments on this action.  Please send any comments to the
>> iesg@ietf.org or ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2006-07-19.
>>
>> The file can be obtained via
>> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-miller-media-type- 
>> cellml-03.txt

The last paragraph of section 3 explaining why it's application/ not  
text/ is bogus, but that probably doesn't matter since application/  
is the right choice, text/  is actively pernicious and SHOULD NOT be  
used for an XML data type, per RFC 3470 section 4.17.

  -Tim