Registration of MIME media type .pss

[Chris Lilley]

(same comments on the application/.ecc registration)

On Thursday, December 9, 2004, 10:07:45 PM, Tony wrote:
  
TM> To: ietf-types at iana.org
TM>      Subject: Registration of MIME media type *.pss
TM>  
TM>      MIME media type name: Application        
TM>  
TM>      MIME subtype name: .pss

Why the leading dot? Note that the dot has a syntactic use in media type
names.
  
TM>      Security considerations: none

This is unlikely. Some indication should be given of why this data is
harmless. This is particularly the case in the absence of a published
specification.

TM>  
TM>      Interoperability considerations: none
TM>  
TM>      Published specification: The specifications for this
TM> content type are proprietary. They are specified by Essential
TM> Security Software, Inc.

In that case, would a vendor tree registration not be more appropriate?

application/vnd.ess.pss
(note - not application/vnd..ess.pss )

and similarly

application/vnd.ess.ecc

TM>      Applications which use this media type: Essential Security
TM> Software product, Essential Security Suite and Ecrypt-it. Contains
TM> encrypted information.
TM>  
TM>      Additional information:
TM>  
TM>        Magic number(s): none   
TM>        File extension(s): *.pss
TM>        Macintosh File Type Code(s): none
TM>  
TM>      Person & email address to contact for further information:
TM>  
TM>         Tony Mohr
TM>         tonym at essentialsecurity.com
TM>         425.454.2632
TM>  
TM>      Intended usage: common
TM>  
TM>      (One of COMMON, LIMITED USE or OBSOLETE)

Why common? It sounds as if limited would be more likely, if its for
internal use in two products.



-- 
 Chris Lilley                    mailto:chris at w3.org
 Chair, W3C SVG Working Group
 Member, W3C Technical Architecture Group