It might help if the people interested in this question would read the RFC that describes the registration process:
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2048.txt 2048 will soon be obsoleted by two other documents: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-freed-mime-p4-06.txt (which is in the RFC Editor queue) http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-freed-media-type-reg-02.txt (which is in last call) Short synopsis: - Community review on the ietf-types list is a "good idea". I require it for types in the standards tree. - The details have to be documented in either an I-D or some other document produced by a "standards body". What defines a "standards body" is open to interpretation by the IESG. - The rules are less stringent for types in the non-standards trees. -Scott- > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Nottingham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 12:47 AM > To: Tim Bray > Cc: Bjoern Hoehrmann; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Atomlist > Subject: Re: application/rss+xml > > > > I tried; the official response [1] was that the IESG wanted > to see an > stable and available spec -- by their standards -- for RSS before > putting it in the standards tree. Just doing a registration > doesn't cut > it. > > I worked on an RSS 2.0 I-D [2] for a while and then stopped > when I got > nervous about change control and copyright issues. Given that > RSS 2.0 > is now hosted at Harvard, it may be that the IESG will > consider that a > stable enough ref; if not, I'm not nearly as nervous now that it's > under a CC license, and I think I could take a crack at the I-D > again... > > I'll do a bit of asking around... > > 1. > https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/pidtracker.cgi? > command=view_id&dTag=7792&rfc_flag=0 > 2. http://www.mnot.net/drafts/draft-nottingham-rss2-00.txt > > > On Mar 29, 2005, at 9:05 PM, Tim Bray wrote: > > > > > On Mar 29, 2005, at 8:55 PM, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote: > > > >> IESG approval of an Internet-Draft with a media type registration > >> would > >> register the type, yes. Whether we should try to register > application/ > >> rss+xml is a different question though. > > > > D'oh, Randy wanted rss+xml, not atom+xml. Missed the point. -Tim > > > > > > > > -- > Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/ > >
