We never really came to a decision on if RTF ("application/rtf") should be listed as a mandatory MIME type but the general consensus seemed to be leaning toward "yes": https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2013OctDec/0197.html
Sincerely, James Greene On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Hallvord Reiar Michaelsen Steen < hst...@mozilla.com> wrote: > > I don't know what these "map to" on platforms that do not use MIME types > to describe clipboard contents. Should this information be dug up and > included? > > >> First request: can we add the three MathML media-types? >> > > I know you've brought this up before, I haven't done anything about it and > it's partly because I'm not actually sure myself what an implementation > would have to do to "support" a data type.. > > >> I think I could help dig the names out by looking at the following >> documents: >> >> > That would be absolutely terrific Paul - maybe make a wiki page or > etherpad somewhere? It would really help me - coming more from the > JavaScript side of things I can figure out and describe how all the > JavaScript stuff works, but it's much harder to determine how the platform > side needs to be specified. > > >> - >> http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/FileManagement/Conceptual/understanding_utis/ >> - >> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.dataformats.aspx >> >> Also, some specs and media-type-registration RFCs indicate the names in >> the native formats. >> I think this would be the right place to hunt too (I know that MathML >> and SVG do). >> Probably it'll never be complete (e.g. I do not think >> application/octet-stream can have a name on clipboards). >> > > So.. If the most important platforms do not have a clipboard format or > description for a specific MIME type, does that mean telling > implementations to "support" it is meaningless? Sort of seems like it.. > -Hallvord >