> In fact, it's not difficult to write an FPI for a MIME type:
>
> -//Internet Assigned Numbers Authority//NOTATION MIME image/gif//
>
> perhaps (I'm not sure of the correct owner identifier, but you get
> the picture).
I just wanted to speak up on this, since you and Eliot have both done
this now:
Only IANA can use "-//IANA//". Only Netscape can use "+//IDN
netscape.com//". The "owner" in the "owner identifier" is *the owner
of the FPI*, not the owner of the resource.
You can create -//Toby Speight//NOTATION MIME image/gif//, but you may
not create -//IANA//NOTATION MIME image/gif//. If IANA creates the
public identifier for their resource, you may use it, but you may not
infringe on their namespace.
DeRose and Durand, in _Making Hypermedia Work_, used their ISBN to
create FPIs for a variety of notations, and donated those FPIs to the
public domain. I recommend using these if the creator of the resource
hasn't designated an FPI of their own.
-Chris
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