Re: application/rdf+xml Media Type Registration [DRAFT]

At 09:28 PM 3/30/02 -0600, Aaron Swartz wrote:
> > Do we want to parameterize this.  " as specified in [5] or the most recent
> > specification that supercedes it."
>
>Good question, I'm not sure what the IETF thinks about that sort of thing.

I'm not sure either, but I think that the implication may be 
implicit.  When an RFC is superseded, a new RFC with a different RFC number 
is issued, but (if it's a full standard) the same STD number.

On balance, I'd say put the extra words in.  I don't think they'll cause 
any problems, and if they do I suppose we can always take them out again.

> > How is versioning handled in mime-types, if at all?
>
>Graham?

Generally, not, I think.  I think one could issue a new registration that 
supersedes a previous one and refers to an updated specification.  There's 
no explicit version in a MIME content-type.  It would be theoretically 
possible to define a version parameter if that was important, but I guess 
it would be viewed with some suspicion.

#g


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Graham Klyne
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Received on Monday, 1 April 2002 17:23:05 UTC