Re: [Json] Add Extension to JS MIME

On 8/14/17 8:28 PM, Adam Roach wrote:
> On 8/14/17 1:00 PM, Bradley Meck wrote:
>> I have never made/updated an RFC. Is there a tutorial on how to do 
>> this. I don't know what I-D / [DISPATCH] means, it looks like a 
>> different WG? Do I send a new email to their mailing list?
>
> For something as small as this, I'm not sure putting it through 
> DISPATCH is quite the right path. There's no way we'd start a mini-WG 
> for a document that simply performs IANA registration; there's no WG 
> that this fits in; and the only other option is AD sponsorship. 

Thanks for tagging me on the draft-in-progress[1]. This looks like 
really good material; however, I'll note that its scope is somewhat 
broader than the original description led me to believe it would be. At 
the same time, Ben points out to me that DISPATCH actually does have a 
provision in its charter that allows it to adopt administrative 
documents, such as IANA registrations.

Based on the slightly larger scope, I'd like input from the ART 
(Applications and Realtime) community at large on the issues that extend 
beyond the simple filename extension; and, in particular:

 1. The question of whether modules need their own MIME type (e.g.,
    application/javascript+module) or MIME type parameter (e.g.,
    application/javascript;goal=module)

 2. Formally changing the IANA status of text/javascript from "OBSOLETE"
    to "COMMON."

So I think the right path forward, now that I understand the likely 
scope of the final document, would be:

 1. Get the document in a shape you're happy with, and publish it as a
    -00 draft. (I believe Matt will be submitting a PR in the near
    future to help with some simple structural issues; wait for those.)

 2. Send an email to the DISPATCH mailing list
    (https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dispatch) with a pointer to
    the document, asking for the WG to consider adopting it under its
    "simple administrative documents" clause.

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

/a
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[1] https://github.com/bmeck/I-D/tree/master/javascript-mjs