I just discovered in the IANA Registry of MIME Media types, that
'application/ipp' has been registered with a reference to the RFC 2910.
Here is the extract of the Registry:
http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/
In this sub-directory is a flat file:
http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types
which contains the following entries (... indicates lines that I have
deleted):
MEDIA TYPES
[RFC2045,RFC2046] specifies that Content Types, Content Subtypes, Character
Sets, Access Types, and conversion values for MIME mail will be
assigned and listed by the IANA.
Content Types and Subtypes
--------------------------
Type Subtype Description Reference
---- ------- ----------- ---------
text plain [RFC2646,RFC2046]
...
application octet-stream [RFC2045,RFC2046]
postscript [RFC2045,RFC2046]
...
ipp [RFC2910]
...
If you go down to the application sub-directory and click on ipp:
http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/application/ipp
you get just the line text file: See RFC 2910.
We probably do need to send Appendix B from RFC 2910 to IANA as a mail
message following the procedures for registration. Then when bugging on the
application/ipp, the user would get the mail message with all the fields
filled in, rather than just the single-line text message: See RFC 2910.
Comments?
Tom