Re: (aside) MIME type

On 2012-02-18 10:20, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:15:28 +0100, Paul Libbrecht <paul@hoplahup.net>
> wrote:
>> WHEN I registered a media-type on the ietf list I have been quite much
>> hit as the first comment "one says media-type nowadays". And indeed
>> MIME is meant for email originally.
>>
>> So I guess politically media-type is a requirement.
>> Should I dig for a formal requirement?
>
> HTML and other specifications use MIME type. Media type is ambiguous
> with CSS.

The correct term IMHO is "(Internet) Media Type", so disambiguation is 
possible.

I don't believe it's helpful to maintain different sets of terminology. 
Use the official term, and when disambiguation is needed, it's trivial 
to do so.

Best regards, Julian

Received on Sunday, 19 February 2012 10:56:22 UTC