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(_at_)w3(_dot_)org
Chair, W3C SVG Working Group
W3C Graphics Activity Lead
Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG
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