Re: MIME types

[Brian Carpenter CERN-CN <[e-mail]>]

Thanks Keith, this absolutely seems to fill the bill.

IAB: since we (originally J Allard) raised this issue,
please do not omit to review the draft. Chris, you need
to cross-check some use of terminology with the charset
workshop.

   Brian

>--------- Text sent by Keith Moore follows:
> 
> > This is a friendly reminder that several months back,
> > the IAB asked the IESG to figure out a mechanism for
> > giving IANA consensual advice on the registration of
> > new MIME types. It was felt that a full standards track
> > process for each new MIME type was over the top, but that
> > it would be very bad for MIME type registrations to be
> > decided behind closed doors.
> 
> Please see draft-ietf-822ext-mime-reg-03.txt, which describes 
> a new, more flexible, MIME type registration procedure.  Basically,
> it allows registrations for vendor-defined subtypes of the form 
> vnd.* or subtypes defined by an individual of the form prs.* to 
> be submitted directly to IANA.
>  
> > I notice a MIME type draft being put on the standards track
> > right now, which suggests that the problem is still real.
> 
> The procedure that's being defined doesn't prevent putting
> a MIME type on the standards track, though it doesn't require
> doing so either.  "Top-level" MIME types (such as model/*)
> must still be standardized, while new subtypes can simply be
> registered.
> 
> Keith
>