[media-types] Can we please bring media type registrations into the 21st century--Mac File Type codes

Sean Leonard <dev+ietf@seantek.com> Mon, 22 September 2014 02:43 UTC

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Subject: [media-types] Can we please bring media type registrations into the 21st century--Mac File Type codes
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While looking over the registrations, I noticed that it is required to 
provide Mac OS File Type codes.

That is all well and good, but Mac OS File Type codes are so 1993. I 
mean, literally **1993**. Mac OS X has been using Uniform Type 
Identifiers since 2001.

How do people feel about updating the registration template to include 
Apple Uniform Type Identifiers, and hopefully also to remove Mac File 
Type codes?

Thanks,

Sean