Problem with IANA MIME media types registry
[CC'd to IETF discussion list and ietf-types discussion list] Hello, Recent changes to the page at http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/index.html accessed via the link from the IANA Assigned numbers page http://www.iana.org/numbers.html#M have rendered the registry of assigned media types useless. Prior to the recent change, the media types registry listed the assigned MIME top-level media types, viz. application, audio, image, message, model, multipart, text, and video. Since the change, only the application top-level type is listed (audio, image, message, model, multipart, text, and video have vanished without a trace) and superfluous repetition of the application subtypes listed in http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application has appeared (these of course are not top-level media types). Could you please investigate what has gone awry and regenerate a page that provides top-level media types.
On Sunday, December 11, 2005, 3:39:58 PM, Bruce wrote: BL> [CC'd to IETF discussion list and ietf-types discussion list] BL> Hello, BL> Recent changes to the page at BL> http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/index.html BL> accessed via the link from the IANA Assigned numbers page BL> http://www.iana.org/numbers.html#M BL> have rendered the registry of assigned media types useless. BL> Prior to the recent change, the media types registry listed BL> the assigned MIME top-level media types, viz. application, audio, BL> image, message, model, multipart, text, and video. Since the BL> change, only the application top-level type is listed (audio, image, BL> message, model, multipart, text, and video have vanished without BL> a trace) Or rather, become unlinked. For example http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/image/ is still there, just not linked anywhere. I suspect its just an update glitch, but anyway.... BL> and superfluous repetition of the application subtypes BL> listed in BL> http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application BL> has appeared (these of course are not top-level media types). BL> Could you please investigate what has gone awry and regenerate BL> a page that provides top-level media types. I agree, stable URIs for media types are very much needed. -- Chris Lilley mailto:chris@w3.org Chair, W3C SVG Working Group W3C Graphics Activity Lead Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG
All, I'll check on this today and see what needs to be done to get this fixed. Michelle Cotton IANA -----Original Message----- From: Chris Lilley [mailto:chris@w3.org] Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 12:30 AM To: Bruce Lilly Cc: webmaster@iana.org; iana@iana.org; ietf@ietf.org; ietf-types@alvestrand.no Subject: Re: Problem with IANA MIME media types registry On Sunday, December 11, 2005, 3:39:58 PM, Bruce wrote: BL> [CC'd to IETF discussion list and ietf-types discussion list] BL> Hello, BL> Recent changes to the page at BL> http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/index.html BL> accessed via the link from the IANA Assigned numbers page BL> http://www.iana.org/numbers.html#M BL> have rendered the registry of assigned media types useless. BL> Prior to the recent change, the media types registry listed the BL> assigned MIME top-level media types, viz. application, audio, image, BL> message, model, multipart, text, and video. Since the change, only BL> the application top-level type is listed (audio, image, message, BL> model, multipart, text, and video have vanished without a trace) Or rather, become unlinked. For example http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/image/ is still there, just not linked anywhere. I suspect its just an update glitch, but anyway.... BL> and superfluous repetition of the application subtypes listed in BL> http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application BL> has appeared (these of course are not top-level media types). BL> Could you please investigate what has gone awry and regenerate a BL> page that provides top-level media types. I agree, stable URIs for media types are very much needed. -- Chris Lilley mailto:chris@w3.org Chair, W3C SVG Working Group W3C Graphics Activity Lead Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG
On Monday, December 12, 2005, 3:58:40 PM, IANA wrote: I> All, I> I'll check on this today and see what needs to be done to get this fixed. I think http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/index.html got uploaded to http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/index.html I> Michelle Cotton I> IANA I> I> -----Original Message----- I> From: Chris Lilley [mailto:chris@w3.org] I> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 12:30 AM I> To: Bruce Lilly I> Cc: webmaster@iana.org; iana@iana.org; ietf@ietf.org; I> ietf-types@alvestrand.no I> Subject: Re: Problem with IANA MIME media types registry I> On Sunday, December 11, 2005, 3:39:58 PM, Bruce wrote: BL>> [CC'd to IETF discussion list and ietf-types discussion list] BL>> Hello, BL>> Recent changes to the page at BL>> http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/index.html BL>> accessed via the link from the IANA Assigned numbers page BL>> http://www.iana.org/numbers.html#M BL>> have rendered the registry of assigned media types useless. BL>> Prior to the recent change, the media types registry listed the BL>> assigned MIME top-level media types, viz. application, audio, image, BL>> message, model, multipart, text, and video. Since the change, only BL>> the application top-level type is listed (audio, image, message, BL>> model, multipart, text, and video have vanished without a trace) I> Or rather, become unlinked. For example I> http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/image/ I> is still there, just not linked anywhere. I> I suspect its just an update glitch, but anyway.... BL>> and superfluous repetition of the application subtypes listed in BL>> http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application BL>> has appeared (these of course are not top-level media types). BL>> Could you please investigate what has gone awry and regenerate a BL>> page that provides top-level media types. I> I agree, stable URIs for media types are very much needed. -- Chris Lilley mailto:chris@w3.org Chair, W3C SVG Working Group W3C Graphics Activity Lead Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG
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