Julian Reschke wrote: > Guenter Knauf wrote: >> Hi, >> just another compression utility is going to become very popular: >> http://www.7-zip.org/ >> and there's also a commandline for Unix / Win32: >> http://sourceforge.net/projects/p7zip/ >> >> maybe we should add the .7z extension to the httpd mime.types file? >> perhaps something like: >> >> application/x-7-zip 7z > > ...pointing out the obvious: the mime type should be registered with > IANA first. IANA registration would certainly be nice and proper. I'll note, however, that many of the types already in mime.types are in the same unofficial boat as 7zip (e.g. application/x-bzip2). I'm more concerned with whether or not the suggested entry is already in use or serving application/x-7-zip would be helpful (compared to application/octet-stream). Some searching indicates that the following is the de-facto standard: application/x-7z-compressed 7z
More on x- types: RFC 4288: 3.4. Special x. Tree For convenience and symmetry with this registration scheme, subtype names with "x." as the first facet may be used for the same purposes for which names starting in "x-" are used. These types are unregistered, experimental, and for use only with the active agreement of the parties exchanging them. However, with the simplified registration procedures described above for vendor and personal trees, it should rarely, if ever, be necessary to use unregistered experimental types. Therefore, use of both "x-" and "x." forms is discouraged. Types in this tree MUST NOT be registered. Cheers, -Nikolas
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