On Monday, December 12, 2005, 3:58:40 PM, IANA wrote:
I> All,
I> I'll check on this today and see what needs to be done to get this fixed.
I think
http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/index.html
got uploaded to http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/index.html
I> Michelle Cotton
I> IANA
I>
I> -----Original Message-----
I> From: Chris Lilley [mailto:chris(_at_)w3(_dot_)org]
I> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 12:30 AM
I> To: Bruce Lilly
I> Cc: webmaster(_at_)iana(_dot_)org; iana(_at_)iana(_dot_)org;
ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org;
I> ietf-types(_at_)alvestrand(_dot_)no
I> Subject: Re: Problem with IANA MIME media types registry
I> 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 the
BL>> assigned MIME top-level media types, viz. application, audio, image,
BL>> message, model, multipart, text, and video. Since the change, only
BL>> the application top-level type is listed (audio, image, message,
BL>> model, multipart, text, and video have vanished without a trace)
I> Or rather, become unlinked. For example
I> http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/image/
I> is still there, just not linked anywhere.
I> I suspect its just an update glitch, but anyway....
BL>> and superfluous repetition of the application subtypes 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 a
BL>> page that provides top-level media types.
I> 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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