Re: MIME type chemical/*

John C Klensin <klensin@mail1.reston.mci.net> Wed, 24 May 1995 22:44 UTC

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From: John C Klensin <klensin@mail1.reston.mci.net>
Subject: Re: MIME type chemical/*
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>and if we grant a top level for chemical and the lack of
>implementation causes it to be unusable, then we
>also have an interesting data point as well.  
>
>the authors of the chemical proposal may well grant too much
>power to our meager publications. this might well be a place
>where we get to find out about that.

Yes, on all counts.   They do have a constituency and, I understand,
implementations of the top level type and some subtypes they will register
as soon as the top-level clears, so they are not just waiting for magic to
occur as the result of IETF blessings.

But this will certainly be a learning experience for all of us.

   john