[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buddha Buck) wrote on 11.02.96 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> If we go with the second plan (application/x-debian-archive), then we > should also modify the appropriate MIME or WWW packages to do the right > thing with application/x-debian-archive by default. This raises the obvious question: what *is* "the right thing", besides "store on disk"? > Quick aside: application/debian-archive would be an assigned *number*? IANA does not only assign numbers, but that's where it started. MIME content types are one of the many things they assign - in fact, anything a standards track RFC calls for them to assign. They also keep some lists of things they don't assign, for example 802.2 (ethernet) addresses. A reasonably current listing of the IANA ftp archive: total 36 drwxrwxr-x 5 1204 135 2048 Feb 2 15:31 assignments drwxrwxr-x 18 1204 104 31744 Jan 29 08:47 .. drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Jan 24 17:19 administration drwxrwxr-x 5 1204 135 512 Oct 2 15:42 . drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Aug 17 1994 numbers assignments: total 1112 -rw-rw-r-- 1 2240 134 134565 Feb 2 15:31 enterprise-numbers drwxrwxr-x 5 1204 135 2048 Feb 2 15:31 . -rw-rw-r-- 1 2240 134 134565 Feb 1 09:04 enterprise-numbers~ -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 7517 Jan 29 13:25 novell-sap-numbers -rw-rw-r-- 1 1216 135 37871 Jan 26 15:53 smi-numbers -rw-rw-r-- 1 1216 135 131716 Jan 26 14:59 port-numbers -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 11040 Jan 24 11:05 printer-language-numbers -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 26892 Jan 24 10:57 ethernet-numbers -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 37871 Jan 24 10:47 smi-numbers~ -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 8190 Jan 23 13:54 multicast-addresses -rw-rw-r-- 1 1216 135 131242 Jan 23 11:30 port-numbers~ -rw-rw-r-- 1 1216 135 15807 Jan 22 14:58 ppp-numbers -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15807 Jan 22 11:38 ppp-numbers~ drwxrwxr-x 9 1204 135 512 Jan 8 15:57 media-types -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 8596 Jan 8 15:56 mail-parameters -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 8066 Dec 28 16:09 multicast-addresses~ -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15308 Dec 28 12:29 protocol-numbers -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1269 Dec 27 14:23 ipv6-parameters -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1269 Dec 27 14:20 ipv6-parameters~ -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1132 Dec 20 20:27 ipv4-address-space -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15176 Dec 15 16:50 protocol-numbers~ -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 26085 Dec 14 12:14 ethernet-numbers~ -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 7218 Dec 13 21:55 novell-sap-numbers~ -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 6628 Dec 13 13:00 ip-parameters -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 6752 Dec 13 12:22 ip-parameters~ -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 832 Dec 3 19:31 directory-system-names -rw-rw-r-- 1 1216 135 648 Nov 29 12:13 directory-system-names~ -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1023 Nov 7 12:33 ipv4-address-space~ -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 7532 Nov 3 12:01 mail-parameters~ -rw-rw-r-- 1 1216 135 41295 Nov 1 11:42 character-sets -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 10821 Oct 31 14:25 printer-language-numbers~ -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 10455 Oct 24 13:25 icmp-parameters -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 884 Oct 23 13:28 address-family-numbers drwxrwxr-x 5 1204 135 512 Oct 2 15:42 .. drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Sep 15 17:13 bootp-dhcp-extensions drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Sep 12 09:24 languages -rw-rw-r-- 1 1216 135 5409 Aug 21 13:08 dns-parameters -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 948 Aug 18 13:11 spi-numbers -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 5186 Aug 11 12:23 arp-parameters -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 6468 Jun 8 1995 bootp-dhcp-parameters -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 600 May 11 1995 as-numbers -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 10493 May 3 1995 telnet-options -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1680 Mar 24 1995 version-numbers -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 3218 Mar 13 1995 tcp-parameters -rw-rw-r-- 1 1216 135 1656 Feb 28 1995 operating-system-names -rw-r--r-- 1 1216 135 9019 Feb 6 1995 table-of-contents -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1103 Jan 19 1995 publisher-id -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1703 Dec 13 1994 uri-parameters -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1281 Dec 12 1994 pronet80-type-numbers -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 22012 Nov 4 1994 country-codes -rw-rw-r-- 1 1216 135 64323 Oct 26 1994 public-data-network-numbers -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 6165 Oct 19 1994 sun-rpc-numbers -rw-rw-r-- 1 1216 135 1621 Oct 19 1994 ip-xns-mapping -rw-rw-r-- 1 1216 135 6622 Oct 18 1994 introduction -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 776 Oct 14 1994 foobar-af-numbers -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 4292 Oct 14 1994 terminal-type-names -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 4383 Oct 14 1994 machine-names -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 8293 Oct 14 1994 service-names -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 2815 Oct 14 1994 ieee-802-numbers -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1203 Oct 14 1994 sgmp-vendor-specific-codes -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1305 Oct 7 1994 x25-type-numbers -rw-rw-r-- 1 1216 135 7352 Sep 23 1994 milnet-parameters -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 378 Sep 23 1994 xns-protocol-types -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1125 Sep 23 1994 ospf-authentication-codes assignments/media-types: total 34 drwxrwxr-x 5 1204 135 2048 Feb 2 15:31 .. drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Jan 8 15:59 multipart drwxrwxr-x 9 1204 135 512 Jan 8 15:57 . -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 11406 Jan 8 15:57 media-types -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 11336 Dec 15 12:18 media-types~ drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Dec 15 11:30 image drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 1024 Oct 3 10:58 application drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Dec 12 1994 text drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Oct 19 1994 audio drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Oct 19 1994 message drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Oct 19 1994 video assignments/media-types/multipart: total 36 drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Jan 8 15:59 . -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15 Jan 8 15:59 report drwxrwxr-x 9 1204 135 512 Jan 8 15:57 .. -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 299 Nov 3 11:51 form-data -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15 Oct 19 1994 digest -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15 Oct 19 1994 alternative -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 20050 Oct 19 1994 appledouble -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 7909 Oct 19 1994 header-set -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15 Oct 19 1994 parallel -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15 Oct 19 1994 mixed assignments/media-types/image: total 17 drwxrwxr-x 9 1204 135 512 Jan 8 15:57 .. drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Dec 15 11:30 . -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1328 Dec 15 11:30 naplps -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 5075 Dec 15 11:19 cgm -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 3679 Sep 15 16:11 g3fax -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15 Oct 19 1994 jpeg -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 807 Oct 19 1994 tiff -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15 Oct 19 1994 gif -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15 Oct 19 1994 ief assignments/media-types/application: total 129 drwxrwxr-x 9 1204 135 512 Jan 8 15:57 .. drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 1024 Oct 3 10:58 . -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1070 Oct 3 10:58 x400-bp -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 437 Jun 22 1995 eshop -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 2531 Jun 22 1995 riscos -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1740 Apr 17 1995 iges -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1670 Apr 17 1995 commonground -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 2373 Apr 9 1995 cybercash -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 3682 Feb 2 1995 mathematica -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1163 Oct 19 1994 news-transmission -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1344 Oct 19 1994 rtf -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15 Oct 19 1994 octet-stream -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15 Oct 19 1994 oda -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 20050 Oct 19 1994 applefile -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 20050 Oct 19 1994 mac-binhex40 -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15 Oct 19 1994 postscript -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1532 Oct 19 1994 dca-rft -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1163 Oct 19 1994 wordperfect5.1 -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 2790 Oct 19 1994 pdf -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 37671 Oct 19 1994 zip -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1873 Oct 19 1994 macwriteii -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1866 Oct 19 1994 msword -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 645 Oct 19 1994 remote-printing -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1532 Oct 19 1994 dec-dx -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 640 Oct 19 1994 news-message-id -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 3549 Oct 19 1994 atomicmail -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1041 Oct 19 1994 andrew-inset -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 975 Oct 19 1994 slate -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1192 Oct 19 1994 activemessage -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1532 Oct 19 1994 wita assignments/media-types/text: total 7 drwxrwxr-x 9 1204 135 512 Jan 8 15:57 .. drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Dec 12 1994 . -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15 Nov 28 1994 enriched -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1553 Oct 19 1994 tab-separated-values -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15 Oct 19 1994 richtext -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15 Oct 19 1994 plain assignments/media-types/audio: total 3 drwxrwxr-x 9 1204 135 512 Jan 8 15:57 .. drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Oct 19 1994 . -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15 Oct 19 1994 basic assignments/media-types/message: total 7 drwxrwxr-x 9 1204 135 512 Jan 8 15:57 .. drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Oct 19 1994 . -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1213 Oct 19 1994 news -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15 Oct 19 1994 rfc822 -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15 Oct 19 1994 partial -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15 Oct 19 1994 external-body assignments/media-types/video: total 5 drwxrwxr-x 9 1204 135 512 Jan 8 15:57 .. drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Oct 19 1994 . -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1463 Oct 19 1994 quicktime -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 15 Oct 19 1994 mpeg assignments/bootp-dhcp-extensions: total 29 drwxrwxr-x 5 1204 135 2048 Feb 2 15:31 .. drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Sep 15 17:13 . -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1881 Sep 15 17:13 bootp-dhcp-option-77 -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1503 May 1 1995 bootp-dhcp-option-75-76 -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 3905 Apr 10 1995 bootp-dhcp-option-69-74 -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 3621 Mar 3 1995 bootp-dhcp-option-62-63 -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 11034 Mar 3 1995 bootp-dhcp-option-68 -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1019 Mar 3 1995 bootp-dhcp-option-66-67 -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1645 Nov 22 1994 bootp-dhcp-option-64-65 assignments/languages: total 6 drwxrwxr-x 5 1204 135 2048 Feb 2 15:31 .. drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Sep 12 09:24 . -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 520 Sep 12 09:24 tags -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 686 Sep 12 09:13 no-nyn -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 699 Sep 12 09:12 no-bok administration: total 16 drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Jan 24 17:19 . -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1734 Jan 24 17:19 address-space-allocation -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1865 Oct 2 15:46 what-is-iana -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 391 Oct 2 15:44 where-to-get-addresses -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1056 Oct 2 15:44 where-to-get-names -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1353 Oct 2 15:44 multicast-address -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 1098 Oct 2 15:44 protocol-number -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 2119 Oct 2 15:44 port-number drwxrwxr-x 5 1204 135 512 Oct 2 15:42 .. numbers: total 5 drwxrwxr-x 5 1204 135 512 Oct 2 15:42 .. drwxrwxr-x 2 1204 135 512 Aug 17 1994 . -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 150 Aug 17 1994 novell-numbers -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 121 Aug 17 1994 novell-sap-numbers -rw-rw-r-- 1 1204 135 121 Aug 17 1994 enterprise-numbers MfG Kai
