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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    registering KDE-specific MIME-Types with IANA?
From:       Marc Mutz <Marc.Mutz () uni-bielefeld ! de>
Date:       2001-11-02 23:41:00
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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

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