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W3C Decentralized Identifier Specification v1.0
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IANA file extension and mime type for JSON-LD represenation #804

Closed gribneau closed 2 years ago

gribneau commented 2 years ago

I couldn't help but notice that the file extension and mime type for the JSON-LD representation of a DID document reverse the order of "JSON" and "LD":

.didjsonld

application/did+ld+json

This can be seen in the IANA Considerations section.

Is it possible (and reasonable) to standardize the order between the file extension and the mime type?

TallTed commented 2 years ago

This is one of those "no win" situations.

The file extension of JSON-LD is jsonld, and its media type, conforming to related RFCs, is application/ld+json.

The JSON-LD representations of DID documents are based on those, and we have found (after long effort!) no way to improve the media type beyond what we've done with application/did+ld+json.

It might make sense to change our file extension recommendation to .jsonlddid, but it's a bit late in the process to make that change (and there are definitely many who find the current extension of .didjsonld better).

gribneau commented 2 years ago

That's more or less what I anticipated.

Thanks. Closing.