Re: Comments on draft-ietf-msgtrk-mtqp-03.txt
Eric Allman <[email protected]> Tue, 07 Aug 2001 05:35:49 -0700
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: From: [email protected] : > The way MIME content-types are done, vendor company prefixes are : > registered: : : > Registrations in the vendor tree will be distinguished by the leading : > facet "vnd.". That may be followed, at the discretion of the : > registration, by either a media type name from a well-known producer : > (e.g., "vnd.mudpie") or by an IANA-approved designation of the : > producer's name which is then followed by a media type or product : > designation (e.g., vnd.bigcompany.funnypictures). : : Note, however, that this registers vnd.bigcompany.funnypictures, not : vnd.bigcompany or bigcompany. So it isn't strictly correct to say that company : prefixes are registered. Ned, I read this differently -- "IANA-approved designation" modifies "producer's name" -- which is "then followed" by a non-IANA-approved media type or product designation. Am I totally off? eric