Re: registering new MIME types for an application

On 10/2/07 at 8:56 AM -0500, Steve Mills wrote:

>MultiAd is our company name. Creator is the name of our software 
>application which creates and edits documents. The Creator file 
>format is proprietary. While Creator documents are of a graphical 
>nature, I don't feel they are "image" documents in the same vein 
>that the current list of image/* types are. But since they certainly 
>aren't audio or video, I guess image is the tree that fits best.
>
>I've read through RFC4288, but am still unsure if we should register 
>only the application/vnd.multiad.creator or both the appliation and 
>image types. I'm very new to this whole MIME type process (I'm a 
>developer, not an IT type person). Would you be able to suggest what 
>would be best, or explain why both might be required?

I don't see a reason to register the image type. It sounds like your 
documents are in the same category as PDFs, which are certainly an 
application sub-type. Register the application/vnd.multiad.creator 
and be done with it. :-)

pr
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