Vendor-specific MIME type for review

[mike amundsen]

Why not register this as a Multi-Part MIME type?
http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/multipart/

mca
http://amundsen.com/blog/




On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 19:41, Tapani Otala <otala at adobe.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We would like to submit a new vendor-specific MIME type for your
> review. The basic idea is simple, but it did not quite fit in the IANA
> registration form and the recommendation was to post it to this
> mailing list for  review.
>
> MIME media type name: application
>
> MIME subtype name: vnd.adobe.composite-asset
>
> Required parameters: final_type, final_subtype
>
> Optional parameters: none
>
> Description:
>
> This media type denotes a generic composite asset container that contains
> multiple sub-assets, each of which has an existing IANA registered text, image
> and video media types. The final type is identified by the final_type and
> final_subtype parameters.
>
> Sample usage:
>
> application/vnd.adobe.composite-asset; final_type=text, final_subtype=html
>
> Encoding considerations: binary
>
> This media type may require encoding on transports not capable of
> handling binary.
>
> Security considerations:
>
> This media type contains content that could be considered 'active'
> or 'executable'. However, it does not expand upon the existing
> security considerations already applicable to those media types.
>
> Published specification:
>
> This media type references existing IANA registered MIME types, for
> which there are existing specifications.
>
> Applications which use this media:
>
> Adobe Photoshop.com Web Service (http://www.photoshop.com) and its
> client applications.
>
> Person to contact for further information:
>
> Tapani Otala (otala at adobe.com)
>
> Intended usage: Limited Use
>
> The use of this media type is limited to the Photoshop.com web service
> and its client applications.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Tapani Otala
> Sr. Engineering Manager, Photoshop.com Platform Services
> Adobe Systems Incorporated
>
>