[media-types] [IANA #1430277] text/org registration requ est

Hi Orie, Alexey,

The applicant agrees that text/x-org should be added.

Amanda

On Tue Sep 23 13:12:21 2025, [email protected] wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Should we add text/x-org as a deprecated alias?
> 
> https://github.com/search?q=text%2Forg&type=code
> https://github.com/search?q=text%2Fx-org&type=code
> 
> OS
> 
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM Amanda Baber via RT <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > 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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