Re: Will Gemini ever become a standardized protocol?

Eh, I couldnt care less if it does or not. What would the big benefits be if it does?

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On Mar 24, 2021, 6:16 PM, almaember wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I was wondering. Right now, Gemini uses a non-registered protocol
> schema (gemini://) and a non-registered MIME-type (text/gemini).
>
> The specification is a self-identified "pseudo-specification", and is
> often not specific enough, leading to a number of de facto standards,
> and the main website took a descriptive approach, and simply
> collected[1] these "standards".
>
> I understand that this is a very young protocol, but I wanted to post
> this question anyway. Do you think Gemini will ever become a standard?
> Even if not a standard published by a big organization like the ISO,
> ECMA, IETF or IEEE, will text/gemini and the gemini url scheme ever be
> registered with the IANA?
>
> Cheers,
> almaember
>
> [1]: https://gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/best-practices.gmi

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