From kde-core-devel Fri Nov 02 23:41:00 2001 From: Marc Mutz Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 23:41:00 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: registering KDE-specific MIME-Types with IANA? X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=100474446002302 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi! While reading RFC's for KMime I came across the fact that x-* MIME-types are deprecated (rfc2048 - MIME Part 4: Registration procedures). Proprietary mime types should be registered under the vnd. tree. Should we try to collect all KDE-specific mime types under vnd.kde.*? Eg. app/x-kword -> app/vnd.kde.kword app/x-kchart -> app/vnd.kde.kchart and change all x-* types for which an equivalent type under vnd. exists to that vnd. type (or one that has been made already)? audio/x-mp3 -> audio/mpeg app/x-zip -> app/zip Also, since koffice files are only tar.gz'ed, for mail transfer to non-koffice users, it would be nice to define how they are to be transported in multipart/related body parts. The big advantage to have our mimetypes in IANA's registry is that they are visible to other implementors. No x-* types are included in the registry (because they're supposed to be reserved for private use). Marc - -- As a result [of the DMCA], Mr. Sklyarov faces a total of five counts; if found guilty, he could be sentenced to 25 years in prison and a $2.25 million dollar fine. In other words, he could be a guest of the U.S. prison system long after the mere armed robbers, rapists, and child molesters are allowed back into society. -- lwn.net 2001/08/30 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE740uC3oWD+L2/6DgRAjGLAKDgP3I84qwNw1usO8mIYB8vhOVWkgCcD51m PjNKblATmJz6fEilNGnSku4= =Tm3U -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----