> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:57 PM
> > To: Colin Perkins
> > Cc: iesg@ietf.org; ietf@ietf.org
> > Subject: Re: Last Call: 'Media Type Specifications and
> > Registration Procedures' to BCP
> [snip]
> > I'm quite sympathetc to the underlying problem, but IMO this change is
> > unacceptable, in that in order to make it work the fact that
> > a given subtype is
> > intended for restricted usage would have to be known to the
> > display agent. The
> > whole idea of having top-level types is predicated on not
> > needing this sort of
> > exception information.
> Ned, how would you reconcile the current text in your document with the
> practice specified in RFC 3555? It's been alleged that the documents are
> not in alignment.
Assuming they really are out of alignment, I'd reconcile them by making
whatever changes are appropriate in a revision to RFC 3555. Changing
fundamental aspects of how media types are supposed to work and which vast
tracts of code depend on is just not an option.
Ned
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