(same comments on the application/.ecc registration) On Thursday, December 9, 2004, 10:07:45 PM, Tony wrote: TM> To: ietf-types@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@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@w3.org Chair, W3C SVG Working Group Member, W3C Technical Architecture Group