Re: [ietf-types] Update on the pending registration of text/n3

["Martin J. Dürst" <[e-mail]>]

Hello Nathan, others,

I suggest you have a look at 
http://www.w3.org/2002/06/registering-mediatype. It may be that not 
everything on that page can be applied directly, but I hope it still helps.

Regards,   Martin.

On 2011/01/26 10:57, Nathan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been asked to find out about the registration of the 'text/n3'
> media type, relating to Notation3 [1,2]. To quote from the annotated
> design issue [2]:
>
> """The type application/n3 was applied for in 2002 and again in 2006.
> The IETF-W3C liaison meeting established that the mime type would be
> formally awarded when the N3 specification was in a 'published' form. In
> the mean time, it should be used as part of the point of N3 is to be
> human readable, and so the text tree is indicated. The application for
> text/rdf+n3 with the IANA registry is pending as of 2006-02 as IANA
> #5004. There was an agreement to change it to text/n3 as the rdf+ idea
> met with significant criticism. While registration is pending,
> applications should use the proposed type in anticipation of
> registration, not an x- type."""
>
> The specification is now 'solid', and has been for a considerable time,
> further:
>
> - There are many implementations which have been made over the 10 years
> - There is a significant amount of Notation3 data available on the web
> and in use
> - There is significant reluctance to further deploy Notation3 data based
> PURELY on the lack of MIME registration.
> - There is still a lot of confusion as to what the content-type is (as
> no media type is registered)
> - There is no entry in the default Apache mime.types file, so serving
> and negotiating these files is more difficult.
>
> Consequently, can you give either myself or Tim Berners-Lee (cc-d) an
> update on the pending application, or inform us as to the best course of
> action in order to get the 'text/n3' media type registered in a timely
> fashion.
>
> Best,
>
> Nathan
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TeamSubmission/n3/
> [2] http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Notation3
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