use dcat:mediaType URL not blank node

I think it's better to use dcat:mediaType https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/netcdf rather than

 dcat:mediaType [ a dct:MediaType ; dct:identifier "application/netcdf" ] ;

But I was unpleasantly surprised that "application/netcdf" is still a provisional type, and doesn't have an individual URL.

I've sent this email to: iana@iana.org, cc: Ivan Herman individual pages for provisional-standard-media-types?

Would it be possible to make individual pages for each of the https://www.iana.org/assignments/provisional-standard-media-types/provisional-standard-media-types.xhtml, like you have for each of the https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml, eg https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/gzip ?

The thing is that sem web people want to use individual URLs for media types, eg dcat:mediaType demands a URL. Given the lack of such individual URLs, people are forced to use more complicated representations, eg seehttps://github.com/opengeospatial/netcdf-ld/blob/master/standard/clause_6_informative_text.adoc#worked-example---climate-and-forecasting-conventions :

 dcat:mediaType [ a dct:MediaType ; dct:identifier "application/netcdf" ] ;

It's true the provisional registry warns: "This registry is only for temporary use. Entries in this registry are either finalized and moved to the main media types registry or are abandoned and deleted. Entries in this registry are suitable for use for development and test purposes only."

But consider the case of "application/netcdf". It's been in use since probably 1999, see https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/support/help/MailArchives/netcdf/msg02847.html. I wouldn't call this "temporary use".

To put it another way, would you recommend that people SHOULD NOT use this URL: https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/netcdf

opengeospatial / netcdf-ld

use dcat:mediaType URL not blank node #124