MIME types

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

IESG,                 cc IAB

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.

I notice a MIME type draft being put on the standards track
right now, which suggests that the problem is still real.

Also, the recent IAB Character Set workshop reached
conclusions that will raise the profile of MIME types
even further, since it recommended MIME tagging of *all*
content.

   Brian