[media-types] Re: [IANA #1446398] Early review: draf t-ietf-mediaman-6838bis-07 (IETF 125)

Hi Amanda,

Thanks. I've tried again here:
  https://github.com/ietf-wg-mediaman/6838bis/commit/532acfbdf3

Does that help?

Cheers,


> On 7 Apr 2026, at 4:50 am, Amanda Baber via RT <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
>>> “When a suffix is present in a registration, IANA will inform the
>>> Designated Expert(s) of any potentially clashing registrations (see
>>> Section 4.2)”
>>> 
>>> What does “clash” mean in this context? Section 4.2 describes several
>>> possible issues. Does this just mean checking whether a suffix has
>>> been registered? If so, can you confirm that you don’t want us to ask
>>> the requester whether they want to withdraw the request or change the
>>> name, but instead let the know that it’s an issue and send the
>>> request to the experts as-is, with a note about the suffix? Is there
>>> anything else we should be checking concerning suffixes?
>> 
>> I've changed "clash" to "potentially misaligned", which in combination
>> with the reference to Section 4.2 should be clearer. Does that address
>> your concern?
> 
> No, this doesn't really clear anything up from an IANA perspective. Section 4.2 talks about these potential issues as "MUSTs":
> 
> - more than one "+" sign (IANA can check this) 
> - unregistered suffixes (IANA can check for this)
> - using "suffixes for structured syntaxes that they do not actually employ" (IANA cannot check this)
> 
> Then there are two paragraphs (the first of which uses the word "align" twice, which suggests to me that it's included in the misalignment check) of "should" information that IANA also can't check. My concern here is that some future IANA staff member may read this and assume that they're supposed to be responsible for everything in the section, and spend time trying to answer questions that an English major who doesn't know what a media type is (speaking from my own experience) won't be able to answer. 
> 
> This should specifically tell IANA to check for more than one "+" sign and check that the suffix has been registered, and then [flag it for the expert?], rather than just refer us to the whole section. I don't believe we can check for anything else described in Section 4.2.
> 
> thanks,
> Amanda 
> 

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