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Thu Mar 25 09:07:19 GMT 2021
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almaember wrote on 2021-03-25 1:29 a.m.:
On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 01:25:53 -0700
Genro <gemini-lists.orbitalfox.eu at box559.com> wrote:
almaember wrote on 2021-03-25 12:26 a.m.:
On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 02:13:02 +0000
Jordan <jordan at crowesnest.io> wrote:
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.gm
One benefit would be a more definitive standard. We could also
register the port so no other software will use it.
And Gemini might also get into projects like cURL.
The port is already registered - to someone else.
Port 1965 has been assigned for years to "qsm-gui."
See
https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml?&page=19
So that's a lost battle for use, isn't it?
At least we could get the MIME type. What is qsm-gui anyway? It's
pretty unlikely we are gonna collide with it.
Apparently port 1965 was registered to "qsm-gui" in 2004 but now is assigned to "tivoli npm", at least as listed here:https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml?search=1965
There's more discussion in this thread from last month:https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/005754.htmland in following replies.