That was my original idea back in January, but as Bjoern Hoehrmann pointed out, mime types aren't flexible enough http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2013Jan/0012.html On 19 February 2013 15:42, Henrik Andersson <henke@henke37.cjb.net> wrote: > If only there were a standardized way of indicating the media type of a > file... > > Like say, a centralized register where people could apply for their > names. Preferably run by some standards body. > > Or to be blunt: Lets use mime types. > > Yoav Weiss skriver: >> A common abbreviation for "jpeg2000" is "j2k". >> Otherwise, you left out "apng" (again :) ) from the list. >> >> Regarding format variants (such as JPEG with arithmetic coding, >> currently not supported by any browser, can provide files that are 10% >> smaller on average), will there be some convention for their naming? >> Will each variant added require a spec change? >> >> We should aim to prevent a situation where browsers add their own, >> conflicting names for the same format variant. Will we need vendor >> prefixes for that? >> >>Received on Tuesday, 19 February 2013 15:50:14 UTC
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