[media-types] [IANA #1430277] text/orgmode registration request

Hi Alexey,

The requester writes, "That’s a typo. It should be text/org."

I'll send the IESG a request to approve text/org at this week's telechat.

thanks,
Amanda

On Mon Sep 22 16:16:51 2025, [email protected] wrote:
> Hi Amanda,
> 
> I think this is a sensible request to grandfather. One question below
> about the media type name:
> 
> On 20/09/2025 01:26, Amanda Baber via RT wrote:
> > Hi Alexey,
> >
> > We have a request to grandfather the media type described below.
> > Could you review this by October 3rd and let us know whether you
> > would recommend that the IESG approve this directly?
> >
> > If not, would the only options be for the applicant to add the "vnd."
> > prefix or try to publish an independent-stream RFC?
> >
> > The requester writes, "Org-mode was created in 2003 and had been part
> > of GNU/Emacs since 2006. Its latest release was Aug 9, 2025."
> >
> > thanks,
> > Amanda
> >
> > =====
> >
> > Name: Jeffrey Gipson
> >
> > Email: [email protected]
> >
> > Media type name: text
> >
> > Media subtype name: orgmode
> Looking at <https://orgmode.org/> it says that the defacto name is
> "text/org", which differs from the above. I would like to know if this
> is just a typo in the registration request or on the web page. Or
> should
> both be registered and one of them becomes an alias?
> > Required parameters: N/A
> >
> > Optional parameters: N/A
> >
> > Encoding considerations: 7bit
> >
> > Security considerations: It is possible for emacs org-mode documents
> > to set unsafe buffer variables or execute elisp upon opening a
> > document. These conditions do not exist in default configurations,
> > but must be explicitly enabled in-advance in the emacs configuration.
> >
> > Interoperability considerations: org-mode is a plain text markup
> > format (similar to markdown). It can be viewed and edited in any text
> > editor or viewer.
> >
> > Published specification: https://orgmode.org/org.html
> >
> > Applications which use this media: emacs and other syntax-aware text
> > editors may provide active links and formatting for org-mode texts.
> > Any text editor may read and write org-mode documents.
> >
> > Fragment identifier considerations: N/A
> >
> > Restrictions on usage: There are no restrictions for org-mode
> > documents.
> >
> > Provisional registration? (standards tree only): No
> >
> > Additional information:
> >
> > 1. Deprecated alias names for this type: N/A
> > 2. Magic number(s): N/A
> > 3. File extension(s): .org
> > 4. Macintosh file type code: N/A
> > 5. Object Identifiers: N/A
> >
> > Person to contact for further information:
> >
> > 1. Name: Jeffrey Gipson
> > 2. Email: [email protected]
> >
> > Intended usage: COMMON
> >
> > Author/Change controller: https://tracker.orgmode.org/
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Alexey

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