[media-types] [IANA #1449400] application/vnd.supercar d-pro-disk-image registration request

Hi,

Follow up from the requester concerning vnd.pasti-stx-disk-image:

"I just noticed that the original author of the Pasti-STX disk images still
has a website online: https://pasti.fxatari.com/ ... and there is also an
e-mail address listed on that site that I wasn't aware of before, so I now
also tried to contact them via that mail address, maybe that works better
then sending a message on that www.atari-forum.com site...

"Anyway, in case I don't get a response within the next one or two weeks, the
name of the original author of the Pasti disk format is listed in a text
file that you can find in the ZIP files on that pasti.fxatari.com page:
Jorge Cwik ... so I guess you could use "on behalf of Jorge Cwik" in the
registration."

thanks,
Amanda

On Mon Jun 08 18:42:00 2026, amanda.baber wrote:
> Hi Alexey, Murray, Darrel,
> 
> We received this update from the applicant:
> 
> "I tried to contact the SuperCard-Pro manufactures
> via their contact form on
> https://www.cbmstuff.com/index.php?route=information/contact and the
> IPF
> inventors via their contact form on https://softpres.org/contact and
> the author of the Pasti STX file format via http://www.atari-forum.com
> and asked them whether they would be interested to register the mime
> types
> on their own. So far, I did not get an answer from anybody yet within
> the
> last three or four weeks. So no clue how to proceed here ... could the
> mime types still be registered with
> an 'on behalf of' remark?"
> 
> All three of these requests (this one, vnd.pasti-stx-disk-image,
> vnd.softpres-ipf-disk-image) were described as OK to register pending
> some kind of resolution of the change controller issue.
> 
> Are these OK to register with the change controller described this
> way? Phrasing taken from RFC 6838, Section 3.2:
> 
> supercard-pro:
> "Thomas Huth, on behalf of CBMSTUFF.COM"
> These pages point to this organization:
> https://www.cbmstuff.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=52
> https://www.cbmstuff.com/about_us
> 
> vnd.softpres-ipf-disk-image:
> "Thomas Huth, on behalf of the Software Preservation Society"
> This document points to SPS:
> https://www.kryoflux.com/download/ipf_documentation_v1.6.pdf
> 
> I'm not sure how to propose a change controller field entry for
> vnd.pasti-stx-disk-image. The request refers to atari-forum posts I'm
> unable to access. There's also this document from 2014, where the
> authors writes, "Note: The author (Ijor) has not published the Pasti
> format. Therefore this description is mainly based on reverse
> engineering performed by Markus Fritze, P. Putnik, and myself (see
> references at the end of the document). Ijor has also kindly replied
> to several of my questions. However beware that this description of
> the Pasti format might contain errors":
> 
> https://info-coach.fr/atari/documents/_mydoc/Pasti-documentation.pdf
> 
> thanks,
> Amanda
> 
> On Wed Apr 29 04:43:50 2026, [email protected] wrote:
> > I agree with Alexey's concern.  Moreover, if SuperCard Pro or their
> > representative later want to change this and Thomas is unresponsive
> > or
> > contrary for whatever reason, what process exists to resolve that
> > situation?
> >
> > If SuperCard Pro is the nominal owner of the registration, the
> > relationship
> > between them and the registrant should be more clear.
> >
> > -MSK
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 6:12 PM Amanda Baber via RT <
> > [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Darrel, Murray,
> > >
> > > Could you see if you'd like to add anything to Alexey's change
> > > controller
> > > advice by the end of the week?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > Amanda
> > >
> > > On Wed Apr 22 09:59:45 2026, [email protected] wrote:
> > > > Hi Amanda,
> > > >
> > > > I am hoping than Darrel and Murray will weigh in. But see my
> > > > comments
> > > > below:
> > > >
> > > > On 13/04/2026 19:39, Amanda Baber via RT wrote:
> > > > > Hi Alexey, Darrel, Murray,
> > > > >
> > > > > Addressing this to all of you, as Alexey mentioned that he'd
> > > > > like to
> > > > > hear from others as to whether it's OK to list Thomas Huth as
> > > > > the
> > > > > change controller for these:
> > > > >
> > > > > We heard back from Thomas in reference to this supercard
> > > > > request. He
> > > > > wrote, "I need the mime-type for the emulator Hatari where I am
> > > > > involved in (https://www.hatari-emu.org/) - that emulator
> > > > > recently
> > > > > gained the feature
> > > > > to load SuperCard Pro disk images, too. Sorry if I messed up
> > > > > the
> > > > > registration ... do I have to contact the original
> > > > > Supercard hardware manufacturer instead, and ask them to
> > > > > register the
> > > > > mime-type?"
> > > >
> > > > Original hardware/software manufacturer doesn't need to initiate
> > > > the
> > > > registration, but I think they need to be contacted.
> > > >
> > > > Thomas should contact SuperCard Pro people, who are either say
> > > > that it
> > > > is Ok for him to be listed as the Change Controller or they
> > > > should be
> > > > listed as the Change Controller, but they are otherwise happy
> > > > with
> > > > Thomas' registration template. There is also a separate question
> > > > of
> > > > whether or not Thomas should be the Contact person for the
> > > > registration.
> > > >
> > > > If Thomas contacts SuperCard Pro and gets no response, then I
> > > > think
> > > > this
> > > > can be registered as a third party registration.
> > > >
> > > > If SuperCard Pro people say that they are not happy with the
> > > > registration, we can have a separate discussion.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Basically, I am trying to avoid the situation that SuperCard Pro
> > > > people
> > > > discover later on that there is a registration related to their
> > > > product
> > > > and that there was no attempt to make them aware of it. Does this
> > > > make
> > > > sense?
> > > >
> > > > > How should this proceed?
> > > > >
> > > > > Would the recommendation be the same for all three requests?
> > > >
> > > > Yes, I think the same issue applies to all three.
> > > >
> > > > Best Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Alexey
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > thanks,
> > > > > Amanda
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed Apr 08 10:30:46 2026, [email protected] wrote:
> > > > >> Hi Amanda,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I don't fully understand the relationship between Thomas Huth
> > > > >> and
> > > > >> SuperCard Pro. In particular I see that Thomas is listed as
> > > > >> the
> > > > >> change
> > > > >> controller and this is not a third party registration.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Other than that, this would be fine to register.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Best Regards,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Alexey
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On 07/04/2026 00:09, Amanda Baber via RT wrote:
> > > > >>> Hi Alexey,
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> This is the first of three requests from this applicant. Can
> > > > >>> you
> > > > >>> review these by April 20th?
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> thanks,
> > > > >>> Amanda
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> =====
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Name: Thomas Huth
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Email:[email protected]
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Media type name: application
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Media subtype name: vnd.supercard-pro-disk-image
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Required parameters: N/A
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Optional parameters: N/A
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Encoding considerations: binary
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Security considerations: SuperCard Pro (SCP) disk images can
> > > > >>> store
> > > > >>> the same data as a real floppy disk. That means they may
> > > > >>> contain
> > > > >>> arbitrary content, including but not limited to active
> > > > >>> content.
> > > > >>> Thus
> > > > >>> if the users do not trust the contents of the disk image,
> > > > >>> they
> > > > >>> should
> > > > >>> carefully check the contents first before using it (e.g. with
> > > > >>> a
> > > > >>> suitable anti-virus software to check for known malicious
> > > > >>> software).
> > > > >>> The SCP format also does not provide privacy or full
> > > > >>> integrity
> > > > >>> protection, so if these protections are desired they must be
> > > > >>> applied
> > > > >>> externally.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Interoperability considerations: There are multiple versions
> > > > >>> of the
> > > > >>> file format. Applications that have been written by using an
> > > > >>> older
> > > > >>> version of the specification might be (partly or fully)
> > > > >>> unable to
> > > > >>> use
> > > > >>> SCP disk images that have been created by another application
> > > > >>> which
> > > > >>> used a newer version of the specification.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Published
> > > > >>> specification:
> > > https://www.cbmstuff.com/downloads/scp/scp_image_specs.txt
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Applications which use this media: The SCP file format is
> > > > >>> used by
> > > > >>> floppy disk preservation tools and various emulators of old
> > > > >>> computers
> > > > >>> that used such floppy disks.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Fragment identifier considerations: N/A
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Restrictions on usage: N/A
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Provisional registration? (standards tree only): No
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Additional information:
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> 1. Deprecated alias names for this type: N/A
> > > > >>> 2. Magic number(s): 0x53 0x43 0x50 at byte position 0 - 2
> > > > >>> (i.e. the
> > > > >>> ASCII letters "SCP")
> > > > >>> 3. File extension(s): .scp
> > > > >>> 4. Macintosh file type code: N/A
> > > > >>> 5. Object Identifiers: N/A
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> General Comments:
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Person to contact for further information:
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> 1. Name: Thomas Huth
> > > > >>> 2. Email:[email protected]
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Intended usage: COMMON
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> SCP files are usually created by disk preservation tools like
> > > > >>> the
> > > > >>> software that is used to drive the "SuperCard Pro" hardware.
> > > > >>> The
> > > > >>> SCP
> > > > >>> files contain the low-level flux data of the disk and thus
> > > > >>> can be
> > > > >>> used to fully preserve the contents of a floppy disk. These
> > > > >>> files
> > > > >>> then can be used to create a copy of the original disk, or
> > > > >>> they can
> > > > >>> be used in emulators for providing the floppy disk contents
> > > > >>> to the
> > > > >>> emulated system.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Author/Change controller: Thomas Huth
> > > > >>>
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