Re: Registration of text/directory MIME type IMPP

At 9:59 AM -0700 10/29/04, Cullen Jennings wrote:
>    Type name: IMPP
>
>    Type purpose: To specify the URI for instant messaging and presence
>    protocol communication with the object the vCard represents.
>
>    Type encoding: 8bit
>
>    Type value: A single URI.  The type of the URI indicates the protocol
>    that can be used for this contact.
>
>    Type special notes: The type can include the type parameter "TYPE" to
>    specify an intended use for the URI.  The TYPE parameter values can
>    include:
>
>       An indication of the type of communication for which this URI is
>       appropriate.  This can be a value of PERSONAL or BUSINESS.
>
>       An indication of the location of a device associated with this
>       URI.  Values can be HOME, WORK, or MOBILE.
>
>       The value PREF indicates this is a preferred address and has the
>       same semantics as the PREF value in a TEL type.
>
>    Intended usage: COMMON
>
>
>Note this is further discussed in draft-jennings-impp-vcard-04 which can be
>found at
>
>http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-jennings-impp-vcard-04.txt

Thanks, Cullen. As per RFC 2425, we'll "discuss" this for two weeks 
and then consider sending it to IANA.  Who knows what they'll do with 
it then, since they haven't established the assignment directory for 
this yet...

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium