Fwd: [IANA #1230099] Fwd: [office] Incorrect MIME type registration

[Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>]

The new traffic on the incorrect mime registration.

Patrick



-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [IANA #1230099] Fwd: [office] Incorrect MIME type 
registration
Date: 	Mon, 2 May 2022 10:24:46 -0400
From: 	Chet Ensign <chet.ensign@oasis-open.org>
To: 	iana-mime@iana.org
CC: 	svante.schubert@gmail.com, patrick@durusau.net



Thank you.

On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 5:39 PM Amanda Baber via RT <iana-mime@iana.org> 
wrote:

   Hi Chet,

   I've sent these questions to the reviewers. Thanks!

   Best regards,

   Amanda Baber
   IANA Operations Manager

   On Fri Apr 29 19:37:50 2022, chet.ensign@oasis-open.org wrote:
    > Hi Amanda,
    >
    > I am writing to confirm how to handle the request below before taking
    > up
    > people's time sending out formal requests.
    >
    > Back in 2009, the OASIS OpenDocument TC submitted the mime type
    > registration request for
    > https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-
    > types/application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database
    >
    > In their work on the latest version of the standard that declares
   this
    > mime
    > type, they realized that in fact the standard declares it as
    > application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.base. This is also how it is used
    > by the
    > implementations they know of. They asked me how to fix this.
    >
    > I checked RFC6838, sect. 5.5 and it appears to me that we should:
    >
    > - File an update to the existing mime type and declare it OBSOLETE in
    > the intended use field, and
    >
    > - File a new registration request with the correct mime type.
    >
    > Is that correct? And should we submit those to the mailing list for
    > review
    > and comment before formally submitting them to you?
    >
    > Thanks very much for your help with this.
    >
    > /chet
    >
    > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
    > From: Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>
    > Date: Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 1:35 PM
    > Subject: [office] Incorrect MIME type registration
    > To: <iana@iana.org>
    > Cc: ODF TC List <office@lists.oasis-open.org>
    >
    >
    > Greetings!
    >
    > Many years ago our TC submitted this mime type registration to IANA:
    >
    > https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-
    > types/application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database
    >
    >
    > However, as specified in all editions of the OASIS ODF standard, the
    > mime type appears as:
    >
    > application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.base
    >
    > All of the implementations of which we are aware, including the
    > implementations listed in the current mime type registration, use the
    >
    > application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.base
    >
    > mime type, NOT the one registered with IANA.
    >
    > How should we proceed?
    >
    > Delete the incorrect registration?
    >
    > Submit the correct registration?
    >
    > Submit the correct registration and ask the incorrect one point
   to the
    > correct one?
    >
    > Or some other alternative?
    >
    > Thanks!
    >
    > Apologies for getting something so obvious incorrect.
    >
    > Hope you are having a great week!
    >
    > Patrick



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