Hi Charles, On 2025-09-03 16:12, Charles Plessy wrote:
If the chemical top-level media type is still relevant, maybe some people on this list would like to register it to the IANA? A recent RFC was written about how to do such registration, and it mentions awareness of the type (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9694.html). If the chemical media type is not relevant anymore, I would like to remove it. What are your thoughts?
Thanks for bringing this to light. In my dayjob I deal mostly with files carrying chemical information. Therefore I would be happy if chemical media types were retained, and if that requires registering chemical/*, then let's do it. Lots of chemical media types are not connected to specific applications, thus I do not think that migration to application/* is appropriate.
Are there more supporters for such cause? I have little knowledge of IANA's affairs, it would really help to have someone with experience.
Best, Andrius