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Replaced "MIME media type" with the recommended terminology: "media type" #639

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@csarven csarven commented Feb 9, 2025

This PR is a class 2 change updating the following documents:

  • Activity Streams 2.0 (uses "media type", references IANA-MEDIA-TYPES. updates changelog)
  • Activity Vocabulary (uses "media type", references IANA-MEDIA-TYPES, clarifies range, updates changelog)
  • ActivityStreams 2.0 Terms (clarifies range)
  • Activity Streams 2.0 ontology (uses "media type", references IANA-MEDIA-TYPES)

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"MIME type" is the way the media type is most commonly referred to, and the name that is most recognizable to developers, so I wonder if maybe we should retain it as a parenthetical in some cases e.g. in the first reference say something like media type (aka MIME type)

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csarven commented Feb 10, 2025

I don't have data on which term is most recognizable. However, "media type" has been recommended by IANA for about three decades. I suspect developers are familiar with both terms, and I also believe that developers from the mid-90s onward, as well as those implementing these specifications, would be fine with using just "media type". In the first instance, I've included a reference that I think should suffice: "media type ([IANA-MEDIA-TYPES])".

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nightpool commented Feb 10, 2025 via email

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csarven commented Feb 11, 2025

ActivityPub doesn't use "MIME", yet that worked out fine with the developers?

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