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<TITLE>DR 09-0032, General: Inappropriate use of "content type"</TITLE>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">We</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">closed</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> this DR some time ago by adopting</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> following change:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">Part 1, §4, “Terms and Definitions”, pp. 12</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">content type</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> — Describes the content stored in a part. Content types define a media type, a subtype, and an optional set of parameters, as defined in RFC 2616.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">[</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">Note</FONT></U></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">: In many instances, this should have been “media type” and such incorrect uses will be changed in the next edition. </FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><U> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">end note</FONT></U></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">]</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I propose that we change this to the new</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Deferred to Future Revision</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> and not add anything now.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> My reasoning is that is seems odd to put into a standard a note that admits the presence of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">incorrect uses</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, but does nothing to fix them.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> We</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">should</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> also avoid promising that anything will definitely be in the next revision, as we can never say that for sure until that next revision has been completed and ad</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">opted.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I also thought about marking this term as</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Deprecated</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, which gives notice that it</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">might</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> be removed in a future revision; however, without adding</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> new/preferred term</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> now</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">doesn’t</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> make sense.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> And even if we added the new term, without changing all</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">occurrences</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> of old to new,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">we’d</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> be encouraging the use of a deprecated term, which would be bad form.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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