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

Hi Mark,

That works. Thanks!

Amanda

On Tue Apr 07 04:50:29 2026, [email protected] wrote:
> 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
> >
> 
> --
> Mark Nottingham   https://www.mnot.net/

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