[AVT] Re: Comments on draft-freed-media-types-reg-01.txt
Colin Perkins
csp at csperkins.org
Sat Sep 11 12:05:46 CEST 2004
On 10 Sep 2004, at 10:24, Rod.Walsh at nokia.com wrote:
> I recently had the please of reading and trying to use the I-D and it
> is in very good shape. My "implementation experience" input is:
...
> * I understand that the standards track RFC for Standards Tree
> registration can be a dedicated RFC (start life as a dedicated I-D) OR
> included in the IANA considerations section of a "not dedicated" RFC.
> Whether or not the latter case is allowed, please state this
> explicitly (it's not so clear). I definitely support allowing the MIME
> registration to be bundled with a wider purpose RFC as surely that's
> what the IANA considerations sections are meant for anyway?
I hope so; this is how many RTP payload formats register their MIME
type.
> * It would be helpful to state whether or not the "bundled RFC" (and a
> dedicated RFC) must use the syntax of the registration template or
> whether it is sufficient to cover all those items (in the whole RFC or
> specifically in the IANA considerations). As someone who has so far
> not registered any MIME types, I couldn't say from
> draft-freed-media-types-reg-01 whether the template is for a specific
> communication to IANA only (e.g. in an email).
I believe the template MUST be used in all cases.
> * Which bring me to my final request, for a registration-newbie (like
> me) the registration process is something of a black art and a newbie
> does not know what action they must take. Does RFC Editor queue entry
> OR standards track RFC publication OR email from RFC author actually
> initiate the IANA registration process for Standards Tree? (i.e. does
> the individual or the IETF have to translate the I-D/RFC into a
> request to IANA?)
The RFC Editor and IANA co-ordinate to ensure that registrations take
place during the RFC publication process. The author doesn't need to
contact the IANA directly.
Colin
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