On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM Jiankang Yao <ya...@cnnic.cn> wrote:

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> *From:* Alice Russo <aru...@staff.rfc-editor.org>
> *Date:* 2025-02-28 00:02
> *To:* resnick <resn...@episteme.net>; Jiankang Yao <ya...@cnnic.cn>; Arnt
> Gulbrandsen <a...@gulbrandsen.priv.no>
> *CC:* Murray S. Kucherawy <superu...@gmail.com>; Bron Gondwana
> <br...@fastmailteam.com>; extra-ads <extra-...@ietf.org>; extra-chairs
> <extra-cha...@ietf.org>; RFC Editor <rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org>;
> auth48archive <auth48archive@rfc-editor.org>
> *Subject:* Re: AUTH48: RFC-to-be 9755 <draft-ietf-extra-6855bis-04> for
> your review
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> >> 5) <!--[rfced] In general in RFCs, the term "MIME type"
> >> should be "media type". Please review whether these updates
> >> convey the intended meaning.
> >>
> >> a new MIME type -> a new media type
> >>
> >> the MIME structure of a message
> >> -> the media type of the body of a message
> >> -->
> >
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> My understanding is that "MIME type" is better than "media type" in the
> document.
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Why is "MIME type" better than "media type"?  The former is the older name
for the same thing; the latter is the preferred term.

-MSK
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