> > Should we register our MIME types to IANA? Are there any downsides to doing this? should we wait for 1.0.0?
On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 5:04 AM Sutou Kouhei <k...@clear-code.com> wrote: > I found Apache Thrift registers the following MIME types: > > * application/vnd.apache.thrift.binary > * application/vnd.apache.thrift.compact > * application/vnd.apache.thrift.json > > https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml > > Thrift uses "vnd.apache." prefix[1]. > > [1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6838 > > Vendor-tree registrations will be distinguished by the leading facet > > "vnd.". That may be followed, at the discretion of the registrant, > > by either a media subtype name from a well-known producer (e.g., > > "vnd.mudpie") or by an IANA-approved designation of the producer's > > name that is followed by a media type or product designation (e.g., > > vnd.bigcompany.funnypictures). > > vnd.apache.thrift.binary was registered at 2014-09-09: > > > https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/vnd.apache.thrift.binary > > Should we register our MIME types to IANA? > > It seems that Apache Thrift uses application/x-thift (typo?) > before Apache Thrift registers these MIME types. > > > The application/x-thift media type is currently used to describe multiple > > formats/protocols. Communications endpoints need to the format/protocol > > used, so this media type should be used preferentially when it is > > appropriate to do so. > > In <bb1f0e75-6255-8d3e-085c-ffd26b654...@python.org> > "Re: MIME type" on Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:01:54 +0100, > Antoine Pitrou <anto...@python.org> wrote: > > > > > If it's not standardized, shouldn't it be prefixed with x-? > > > > e.g. application/x-apache-arrow-stream > > > > > > Le 20/11/2019 à 08:29, Micah Kornfield a écrit : > >> I would propose: > >> application/apache-arrow-stream > >> application/apache-arrow-file > >> > >> I'm not attached to those names but I think there should be two > different > >> mime-types, since the formats are not interchangeable. > >> > >> On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 10:31 PM Sutou Kouhei <k...@clear-code.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> What MIME type should be used for Apache Arrow data? > >>> application/arrow? > >>> > >>> Should we use the same MIME type for IPC Streaming Format[1] > >>> and IPC File Format[2]? Or should we use different MIME > >>> types for them? > >>> > >>> [1] > >>> > https://arrow.apache.org/docs/format/Columnar.html#ipc-streaming-format > >>> [2] https://arrow.apache.org/docs/format/Columnar.html#ipc-file-format > >>> > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> -- > >>> kou > >>> > >> >
