>>Why would the process be any different for the W3C than for anybody >>else? It is perfectly possible to have a MIME registration RFC that >>references a non-IETF document for the actual syntax of the format. >>For example, see RFC-3240. > >Some W3C groups are trying to follow a finding[1] of the W3C's Technical >Architecture Group[2], to include the media type registration form >(for an IETF tree media type) within their specifications[3]. I'm not asking why the W3C would want it. Why would *the IETF* create a different process for W3C documents? Any time you've got multiple processes to do the same thing, you've got a risk of abuse. John Stracke francis@incentivesystems.com Incentive Systems, Inc. http://www.incentivesystems.com Stuck using Exchange, .signature under construction