A common registry for MIME headers?

I personally think it would be better if there were a common
registry for 'headers' that included the list of which
were useful in HTTP, EMail, NetNews, within particular multipart
types, etc.

I think it would help in future coordination between extensions
of mail, news, other kinds of 'push', etc.

Do you support using the same registry for HTTP and other applications
of MIME?

Larry
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	Title		: Mail and Netnews Header Registration Procedure
	Author(s)	: J. Palme
	Filename	: draft-ietf-drums-MHRegistry-02.txt
	Pages		: 9
	Date		: 24-Nov-97
	
Various IETF standards and e-mail and netnews software products
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