Thank you for taking the lead on this. I gave a brief read through and I think it makes sense using Thrift or Protocol Buffers as a guideline. Would be good for some others to review who might be familiar with IANA media formats
On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 6:17 PM Weston Pace <weston.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Per a previous discussion > (https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b15726d0c0da2223ba1b45a226ef86263f688b20532a30535cd5e267%40%3Cdev.arrow.apache.org%3E) > and the resulting JIRA issue ARROW-7396 > (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-7396) there is a desire > to register the arrow format with the IANA as a formal media type > (actually two media types, one for the streaming format and one for > the file format). > > The form for applying is here: https://www.iana.org/form/media-types > > I have created a draft registration document (link below). > > The only fields with any real flexibility are "Security > Considerations", "Interoperability Considerations", and "Application > Usage". I reviewed the applications for XML, JSON, and Thrift and > I've made a best attempt at these fields as well as posted examples > from the other languages. Please review and feel free to suggest > changes. > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PmZFoSifV_TX4vXnv775WiOtqCgz5zLF5ryFRWio3HQ/edit?usp=sharing > > One we align on the content we should probably have a PMC member > actually make the submission and be listed as contact person. > > Thanks, > > Weston Pace > Ursa Computing
