Re: Comments on draft-ietf-msgtrk-mtqp-03.txt

>From what I remember in the MIME discussions while working on vnd.,
Eric's interpretation was the intent. You were supposed to be able to
register vnd.bigcompany.* as well as vnd.bigcompany.xyz and
vnd.bigcompany.abc.

However, Ned's interpretation appears to be what was actually
implemented. If you look in the IANA registry, you'll find things like
vnd.bigcompany.funnypictures registered, rather than vnd.bigcompany.* or
just vnd.bigcompany.

	Tony

Eric Allman wrote:
> 
> : 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