[media-types] Re: [IANA #1453872] application/vnd.ju pyter registration request
"Murray S. Kucherawy" <[email protected]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:45:47 +0200
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--===============6653150917468185183== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000091ab5506570ccdc6" --00000000000091ab5506570ccdc6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 6:26=E2=80=AFAM Amanda Baber via RT < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Murray, > > > > > I am not involved directly in the project, although I know who the > > > > current project lead is, I am not willing to say that it is ok to p= ut > > > > them down as direct contact for this. > > > > > > > Could we ask that person? > > > > > > > > The reason I want this registered, is that I am writing an RFC wher= e > I > > > > want to reference this specific mime type, and I noticed that it wa= s > > > > possible to register mime types without direct involvement in the > > > > project. > > > > > > > The RFC could do the registration instead, if you like, but you'll face > the > > same question there if the contact offered is a URI rather than a singl= e > > contact address. > > > > > > > > But if it doesn't work in this specific case, as they do not publis= h > > > > email addresses for direct contact that I could find despite > > > > considerable effort to find one, maybe the registration request nee= ds > > > > to fail? > > > > > > > Amanda, what would IANA do here, or what guidance should we provide? > Given > > a slate of people, would you try to contact all of them? Pick one at > > random? Pick the first one? What if you get multiple answers that don= 't > > agree? I'm inclined to say it should be a single email address, but > maybe > > there are other precedents here we should observe. > > This is unusual, and I don't know that we've run into it. For the contact= , > at least, we really want an email address, whether it's for a person or a > role ("Example Administrator, [email protected]") or a group of people. > Their address will be obscured slightly in the registry (@ symbol > automatically replaced with an ampersand), if that's a concern. > > If this were to state that any single member of that group could verify a > change to the registration, that could work, although it's not ideal. > I'm inclined to say this needs to be a single email address then (and is it too late to make sure 6838bis says so?) rather than a URI from which you're expected to select the right thing and hope you guessed correctly. -MSK --00000000000091ab5506570ccdc6 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=3D"background-color:transpare= nt">On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 6:26=E2=80=AFAM Amanda Baber via RT <<a href= =3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> w= rote:</span></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockqu= ote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px= solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Murray,<br> <br> > > > I am not involved directly in the project, although I know w= ho the<br> > > > current project lead is, I am not willing to say that it is = ok to put<br> > > > them down as direct contact for this.<br> > ><br> > <br> > Could we ask that person?<br> > <br> > <br> > > > The reason I want this registered, is that I am writing an R= FC where I<br> > > > want to reference this specific mime type, and I noticed tha= t it was<br> > > > possible to register mime types without direct involvement i= n the<br> > > > project.<br> > ><br> > <br> > The RFC could do the registration instead, if you like, but you'll= face the<br> > same question there if the contact offered is a URI rather than a sing= le<br> > contact address.<br> > <br> > <br> > > > But if it doesn't work in this specific case, as they do= not publish<br> > > > email addresses for direct contact that I could find despite= <br> > > > considerable effort to find one, maybe the registration requ= est needs<br> > > > to fail?<br> > ><br> > <br> > Amanda, what would IANA do here, or what guidance should we provide?= =C2=A0 Given<br> > a slate of people, would you try to contact all of them?=C2=A0 Pick on= e at<br> > random?=C2=A0 Pick the first one?=C2=A0 What if you get multiple answe= rs that don't<br> > agree?=C2=A0 I'm inclined to say it should be a single email addre= ss, but maybe<br> > there are other precedents here we should observe.<br> <br> This is unusual, and I don't know that we've run into it. For the c= ontact, at least, we really want an email address, whether it's for a p= erson or a role ("Example Administrator, <a href=3D"mailto:admin@examp= le.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>") or a group of people= . Their address will be obscured slightly in the registry (@ symbol automat= ically replaced with an ampersand), if that's a concern. <br> <br> If this were to state that any single member of that group could verify a c= hange to the registration, that could work, although it's not ideal.<br= ></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm inclined to say this needs to be = a single email address then (and is it too late to make sure 6838bis says s= o?) rather than a URI from which you're expected to select the right th= ing and hope you guessed correctly.</div><div><br></div><div>-MSK=C2=A0</di= v></div></div> --00000000000091ab5506570ccdc6-- --===============6653150917468185183== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KbWVkaWEtdHlw ZXMgbWFpbGluZyBsaXN0IC0tIG1lZGlhLXR5cGVzQGlldGYub3JnClRvIHVuc3Vic2NyaWJlIHNl bmQgYW4gZW1haWwgdG8gbWVkaWEtdHlwZXMtbGVhdmVAaWV0Zi5vcmcK --===============6653150917468185183==--