Re: [OT] Re: Those damn army brats!

[Hubert Chan <hackerhue@geek.com>]

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>>>>> "Marc" == Marc Mutz <Marc.Mutz@uni-bielefeld.de> writes:

Marc> On Thursday 02 August 2001 21:35, Hubert Chan wrote: <snip>
>> RFC2046, section 6 (Experimental Media Type Values):
>> ,----
>> | Any format without a rigorous and public definition must be named
>> | with an "X-" prefix...
>> `----
>> 
>> I believe that is what Marc was referring to.
>> 
>> So the MIME type should have been called "application/x-ms-tnef".
Marc> <snip>

Marc> Actually, they (MS) registered ms-tnef with IANA, but as
Marc> application/vnd.ms-tnef.
http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/application/vnd.ms-tnef

Hmm.  The RFC says that the format needs a "public definition".  Does
this "public definition" mean the definition included in the referenced
page?  Or does it mean that the file format itself has to have a public
definition?  Judging from all the registered application/vnd.* types,
I'm guessing the former (though I'd much more prefer the latter).

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