[media-types] WG: More questions for multiple suffixes (Re: WG: IETF 112 agenda)

I can imagine some more questions that can be raised about multiple 
suffixes:

- Is the namespace of suffixes itself a namespace (ie is there an unique 
definition of "+json" as a suffix)?

RFC 6838 sction 6 says "yes".

- Is the order of suffixes significant or meaningless (ie is vc+ld+json 
the same as vc+json+ld)?

Draft seems to say that the anwer is "significant", +ld+json must be 
registered, and this attaches no meaning to +json+ld.

- was suffixes a bad idea that we should abandon, attaching no special 
meaning to the + character?

The number of registrations in 
https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-type-structured-suffix/media-type-structured-suffix.xhtml 
seems to indicate that even if it was true, it's too late to take this path.

On 11/7/21 7:44 PM, Manu Sporny wrote:
> On 11/3/21 9:00 AM, Harald Alvestrand wrote:
>> Multiple suffixes for media types (15 min)
>> - Presentation of problem space (Manu Sporny): 5 min
> Slides for the topic above are attached to this email.
>
> Google slides are here:
>
> https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mAlCFvyWurUyViJqyKymnjKKZ-Br0srFCi1nTod_JKg/edit?usp=sharing
>
> -- manu
>
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