Re: [ietf-types] Update to text/html registration

[Paul Libbrecht <[e-mail]>]

Michael, Ned,

>> Are those important just for HTML and XHTML, or are there other formats
>> which would benefit from having those defined as part of their
>> registrations?
> 
> They probably are.

Thus far, I have been monitoring the list and suggested this when it appeared to make sense. Sometimes, media-types seem to be too specific to be entering a clipboard.

HTML and its cousins are clearly good candidates to live in the clipboard!

>> If those would be useful or other formats, I'd suggest the guidelines for
>> media-type registrations be updated to suggest including them for all
>> registrations.
> 
> I'm afraid it is a little late for that. The media types registration
> were just updated. Had this been proposed during the updating process (which
> took over a years), I can pretty much guarantee it would have been included,
> but the document is now final and it's too late.

Ned, is there another list I should monitor to see discussion of another round of update of this recommendation?
(as indicated elsewhere, I'd also suggest that the Macintosh 4-letter type be dropped)

> My suggestion would be to put these in the additional information section.

Thanks, I have formulated this on the bug I just opened:
	https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=18508

Paul