Re: [media-types] Templates for basic MIME types

"Murray S. Kucherawy" <superuser@gmail.com> Mon, 04 January 2021 17:51 UTC

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From: "Murray S. Kucherawy" <superuser@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2021 09:51:40 -0800
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To: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
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Subject: Re: [media-types] Templates for basic MIME types
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On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 7:03 PM Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote:

> My understanding has always been that the registration template is a
> transient artefact, and is not required to be published. Why is there a
> need for this?
>

IANA approached me to point out these various templates for key media types
are absent from the registry.  I took their request to be identifying a
problem that needed to be fixed, but maybe I misunderstood their intent.
I'll get clarification.

-MSK