Re: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC5537 (1983)
Russ Allbery <[email protected]> Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:44:13 -0800
| Newsgroups | gmane.ietf.usenet.format |
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| Organization | The Eyrie |
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RFC Errata System <[email protected]> writes: > Notes > ----- > Rationale: > RFC 5537 does not follow the IETF standard terminology reinforced > by RFC 4288 and does not properly use the media type registration > template from Section 10 of RFC 4288. > RFC 4288 clarifies that IETF media types (and subtypes) have > outgrown the Internet Email MIME environment and now are used > in non-email environments as well; for instance in the context > of Netnews (this RFC!). Therefore, all mention of "MIME" in the > context of Internet media types must be avoided. See Sections 1 > through 3 of RFC 4288 for more rationale and Section 10 there for > the registration template to be used since RFC 4288, in 2005. I missed this change when updating the document from RFC 2048 to RFC 4288. It is correct. Thank you! -- Russ Allbery ([email protected]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>