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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=359490120-05052006>To whom it may
concern,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=359490120-05052006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=359490120-05052006>Apologies for not
including the template for community review of the mime type "<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
color=#0000ff>application/oebps-package+xml</FONT><FONT color=#000000>".
It is as follows:</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=359490120-05052006><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><BR><BR> Type name:</FONT><SPAN
class=097023315-01052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>
application </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> Subtype name:</FONT><SPAN class=097023315-01052006><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> <SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">oebps-package+xml</SPAN> </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> Required parameters:</FONT><SPAN
class=097023315-01052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>
none </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>
Optional parameters:</FONT><SPAN class=097023315-01052006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> none </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> Encoding considerations:</FONT><SPAN
class=097023315-01052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> UTF-8 or
UTF-16 (XML)</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> Security considerations:</FONT><SPAN
class=097023315-01052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>
none </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>
Interoperability considerations:</FONT><SPAN class=097023315-01052006><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> none </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> Published specification:</FONT><SPAN
class=097023315-01052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> <A
href="http://www.idpf.org/oebps/oebps1.2/download/oeb12-xhtml.htm">http://www.idpf.org/oebps/oebps1.2/download/oeb12-xhtml.htm</A> </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> Applications that use this media
type:</FONT><SPAN class=097023315-01052006><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2> 1) eBook Technologies, Inc. eBook reading
system. 2) Microsoft Reader. 3) OSoft reader.4) Content Reserve Publishing
System<SPAN class=825404817-03052006> 5) IDPF (container WG) 6) PC
Reader.com 7) MobiPocket
reader </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> Additional
information:<BR><BR> Magic number(s):</FONT><SPAN
class=097023315-01052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>
none </FONT></SPAN><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> File extension(s):</FONT><SPAN
class=097023315-01052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>
.opf </FONT></SPAN><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> Macintosh file type code(s):</FONT><SPAN
class=825404817-03052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>
none </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>
Person & email address to contact for further information:</FONT><SPAN
class=097023315-01052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> Nick
Bogaty (<A
href="mailto:nbogaty@idpf.org">nbogaty@idpf.org</A>)</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> Intended usage:</FONT><SPAN
class=097023315-01052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> COMMON </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> (One of COMMON, LIMITED USE or
OBSOLETE.)<BR><BR> Restrictions on usage:</FONT><SPAN
class=097023315-01052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>
none </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>
(Any restrictions on where the media type can be used go
here.)<BR><BR> Author:</FONT><SPAN class=097023315-01052006><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> International Digital Publishing Forum
(<A
href="http://www.idpf.org/">www.idpf.org</A>) </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> Change controller:</FONT><SPAN
class=097023315-01052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>
International Digital Publishing Forum (<A
href="http://www.idpf.org/">www.idpf.org</A>) </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> (Any other information that the
author deems interesting may be added<BR> below this
line.)<BR><BR> Some discussion of Macintosh file type codes and
their purpose can be<BR> found in [MacOSFileTypes].
Additionally, please refrain from writing<BR> "none" or anything
similar when no file extension or Macintosh file<BR> type is
specified, lest "none" be confused with an actual code
value.</FONT><BR></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Nick Bogaty
[mailto:nbogaty@idpf.org] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 28, 2006 1:29
PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'iesg@ietf.org'; 'ietf-types@iana.org'<BR><B>Cc:</B> 'Garth
Conboy'; 'John Rivlin'; 'Jon Ferraiolo'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Community Review
& IESG Approval of Media Type for OEBPS package
standard<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=015302117-28042006><FONT face=Arial size=2>To whom it may
concern,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=015302117-28042006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=015302117-28042006><FONT face=Arial size=2>As per the
instructions for registering MIME types in the Standards tree with the
IETG/IANA (<A href="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4288.txt"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff
size=2>ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4288.txt</U></FONT></A>), I am
submitting the following potential media type registration for preliminary
community review with the aim of IESG approval before submission to the
IANA.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=015302117-28042006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=015302117-28042006><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN
class=375255018-20042006>I am the Executive Director of a small standards
organization devoted to digital texts and electronic books called the
International Digital Publishing Forum (<A
href="http://www.idpf.org">www.idpf.org</A>). </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN
class=375255018-20042006>We created and maintain a standard widely used by the
publishing industry to create electronic books called the Open eBook
Publication Structure (OEBPS). That specification can be found at <A
href="http://www.idpf.org/oebps/oebps1.2/index.htm">http://www.idpf.org/oebps/oebps1.2/index.htm</A>.
The OEBPS specification states that there must be something called
an OEBPS package file which specifies OEBPS documents, images, and other
objects that make up an entire OEBPS publication.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN
class=375255018-20042006></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN
class=375255018-20042006>What we are looking to do is to formally register a
MIME Type for this package file in the standards tree. Specifically, we
are seeking to register the following MIME Type for the OEBPS package:
"<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
color=#0000ff>application/oebps-package+xml</FONT>".</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN
class=375255018-20042006><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN
class=375255018-20042006><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN
class=015302117-28042006>If this submission requires additional information
for community review and IESG approval, please let me
know.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
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class=640450319-23032006><SPAN class=640450319-23032006><SPAN
class=640450319-23032006><SPAN class=375255018-20042006><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
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class=640450319-23032006><SPAN class=640450319-23032006><SPAN
class=640450319-23032006><SPAN class=375255018-20042006><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Best,</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
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class=640450319-23032006><SPAN class=640450319-23032006><SPAN
class=640450319-23032006><SPAN class=375255018-20042006><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Nick
Bogaty</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
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class=640450319-23032006><SPAN class=640450319-23032006><SPAN
class=640450319-23032006><SPAN class=375255018-20042006><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial size=2>
<P dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>--<BR>Nick
Bogaty<BR>Executive Director<BR>International Digital Publishing Forum
(IDPF)<BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000>nbogaty@idpf.org<BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000>www.idpf.org<BR>(212) 924-9081 direct<BR>(212) 208-0978
fax</FONT></P></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>