[the previous mail contained a superfluous and inappropriate attachment, and an errouneous "reply-to" header - Apologies] ------ This email serves to instantiate the two week discussion period on "ietf-types@iana.org" of the ietf-draft describing the SMIL media-type registration. You can find the draft at http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hoschka-smil-media-type-10.txt The expected course of advancement for this specification is: 1. I have notified one of the Application area directors (Ned Freed) 2. Request publication as an Informational RFC as specified: ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc-editor/instructions2authors.txt 3. Ensure IANA is aware of the publication and posts the registration as specified: ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2048.txt The changes in this specification since the last version discussed on "ietf-xml-mime@imc.org" include: 1. Registration of application/xml+smil in addition to application/smil 2. Addition of optional "profile" parameter 3. Addition of paragraph describing how to recognize SMIL files by looking into the file. Thank you. -- -Philipp Hoschka