From a3006711ca11744c97f117215b57516691be34c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petter Reinholdtsen Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 08:37:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Improve text. --- blog/data/2019-05-20-sosi-mime-type.txt | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/blog/data/2019-05-20-sosi-mime-type.txt b/blog/data/2019-05-20-sosi-mime-type.txt index 9dc39a6da8..acb2619c33 100644 --- a/blog/data/2019-05-20-sosi-mime-type.txt +++ b/blog/data/2019-05-20-sosi-mime-type.txt @@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ a REST based API for Noark 5, the Norwegian archiving standard, I spent some time the last few months to try to register a MIME type and PRONOM -code for the SOSI. The background is that there is a set of -formats approved for long term storage and archiving in Norway, and -among these formats, SOSI is the only format missing a MIME type and -PRONOM code.

+code for the SOSI file format. The background is that there is a +set of formats approved for long term storage and archiving in Norway, +and among these formats, SOSI is the only format missing a MIME type +and PRONOM code.

What is SOSI, you might ask? To quote Wikipedia: SOSI is short for Samordnet Opplegg for Stedfestet Informasjon (literally "Coordinated @@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ to register the "text/vnd.sosi" MIME type for this format [IANA #1143144]. If all go well, in a few months, anyone implementing the Noark 5 Tjenestegrensesnitt API spesification should be able to -use an official MIME type and PRONOM code for SOSI files.

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So far, SOSI files has been handed out from web sites using the +use an official MIME type and PRONOM code for SOSI files. In +addition, anyone using SOSI files on Linux should be able to +automatically recognise the format and web sites handing out SOSI +files can begin providing a more specific MIME type. So far, SOSI +files has been handed out from web sites using the "application/octet-stream" MIME type, which is just a nice way of stating "I do not know". Soon, we will know. :)

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