Re: [VPIM] Re: draft-ema-vpim-wav-00.txt


Philipp Hoschka (ph@w3.org)
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 12:43:01 +0200


Graham Klyne wrote:
>
> At 11:01 12/08/99 +0200, Philipp Hoschka wrote:
> >i think the following may provide what is needed in terms
> >of MIME registration of wav files - not
> >sure whether this was mentioned in the discussion, and thus wanted
> >to bring it up
>
> I think it's certainly relevant to the general issue of using WAVE files,
> but it does not contain the audio/wav type registration,

there is no need to register audio/wav, as the format has already
been registered as a vendor-specific format in the document i forwarded.

>and hence is not
> the natural source of information for a definition of the WAVE file format.

the title of the document implies that this *is* the natural source
of informatoin

> Also, as I recall, it does not contain a citation to a definition of the
> WAVE file format.

it gives pointers to such definitions, or contact persons for these
definitions - that is sufficient for a vendor-specific format, and
that's
what wave is, after all.

> It would probably be appropriate for the audio/wav registration to cite
> this as a related document (if it doesn't already).

given the document i forwareded, i don't think we need a seperate
audio/wav registration

> #g
>
> ------------
> Graham Klyne
> (GK@ACM.ORG)



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