Media Types 'text/csv' and 'text/comma-separated-values'

[YakovS at solidmatrix.com (Yakov Shafranovich)]

Martin,

The reason why I put in an additional 'text/comma-separated-values' type
is because there is an existing registration for
"text/tabbed-separated-values" and I thought that the CSV one should
correspond to the existing one. However, its too long for practical use
which is why I included "text/csv" as well. In practice I have seen both
being used.

In truth, I don't know enough about the historical conventions for MIME
types to judge whether an existing registration for
"tabbed-separated-values" should mandate "comma-separated-values". I
assumed that there is a convention, but if in fact I am wrong, I will be
happy to adjust the draft to target one type.

As for the encoding section, you have a valid point. I will adjust it
for the -01 draft including the ABNF grammar in the appendix.

Yakov

Martin Duerst wrote:
> Hello Yakov,
> 
> Good work. Two comments:
> 
> - I think registering just text/cvs should be enough.
>   One point of the registry is to reduce the number of values
>   used for the same thing to one. The registration can serve
>   to converge to that.

> - I like the realism in the "Encoding considerations" section,
>   but shouldn't you at least mention LF also for line ends,
>   or just leave out specific values?
> 
> Regards,    Martin.
> 
> 
> At 10:58 05/02/03, Yakov Shafranovich wrote:
>  >Hi all,
>  >
>  >I noticed that the MIME registration tree has an entry for 
> 'text/tab-separated-values' but for some reason doesn't have any 
> registration for 'text/comma-separated-values' or 'text/csv. I have been 
> reviewing some of the stuff out there and so far have seen the following 
> being used:
>  >
>  >application/csv
>  >text/csv
>  >text/comma-separated-values
>  >text/x-csv
>  >
>  >I was wondering if there would be any value to formally register two 
> of the CSV types being used from the text tree (text/csv and 
> text/comma-separated-values). I put together a small draft which hasn't 
> posted to the ID repository yet. A copy should be available here:
>  >
>  >http://www.shaftek.org/publications/drafts/mime-csv/draft-shafranovich-mime-csv-00.txt 
> 
>  >
>  >Yakov
>  >
> 
> 
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