MIME type for .fgb

[rressler]

Does anyone know the status of obtaining a MIME type for .fgb files? PanDoc does not support .fgb yet and needs a MIME type and description to do so
Thanks

[bjornharrtell]

No progress. The process seem very involved and complicated. To me much more difficult than creating flatgeobuf in the first place. 😂 I've asked around for help but haven't got any yet.

PS. It seems to me quite backwards/stagnant of pandoc to require an existing mimetype.

[bjornharrtell]

Also, can you clarify why pandoc is relevant at all? It seems to be a markup language converter.

[tim-salabim]

I can only speak for the R language, it is very important for report generation. So relevant for industry, academia, ...

[rressler]

I use pandoc to generate HTML files from R Markdown files. I was trying to include a mapview package interactive map that was generating a .fgb file but pandoc did not recognize it so errored out. Thanks for the update. Richard From: Björn Harrtell ***@***.***> Reply-To: flatgeobuf/flatgeobuf ***@***.***> Date: Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 2:10 PM To: flatgeobuf/flatgeobuf ***@***.***> Cc: Richard Ressler ***@***.***>, Author ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [flatgeobuf/flatgeobuf] MIME type for .fgb (#112) External Email: Use caution with links and attachments. Also, can you clarify why pandoc is relevant at all? It seems to be a markup language converter. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/flatgeobuf/flatgeobuf/discussions/112*discussioncomment-568325__;Iw!!IaT_gp1N!kizbiAyIMd-PNNHmTFUlFPzib3S8vysxGSLjut6aNNkWmWP6Q7bwFGWi6I0YJVug_w$>, or unsubscribe<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AOCMN3MXF426MRAVT3UJBSDTHCTRFANCNFSM42LONFAQ__;!!IaT_gp1N!kizbiAyIMd-PNNHmTFUlFPzib3S8vysxGSLjut6aNNkWmWP6Q7bwFGWi6I0Z6bcOqA$>.

[bjornharrtell]

This will possibly be a lesser issue after the resolution of jgm/pandoc#7202 has been released and used in dependent projects.

[m-mohr]

It would still be interesting to get a media type for the format, it is very useful in HTTP world as well. We use them also a lot in STAC.
The most reasonable thing is probably to just define one in the vendor prefixed area: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Media_type#Registration_trees
So for example application/vnd.flatgeobuf.

[bjornharrtell]

I have aimed for application/flatgeobuf but perhaps it is never going to happen, who knows? If application/vnd.flatgeobuf is easier to get why not. But I'm not going to spend time on it because it's just too boring/fruitless for me.

[cholmes]

It's typical to evolve from application/vnd. to application/ - and typically you wouldn't use application/ until it's fully approved. So I'd say just declare informally here (or ideally in the repo somewhere) that it's application/vnd.flatgeobuf. Ideally we'd submit that, but I don't think it's really necessary. And then we wait for @ogcscotts to do his OGC magic to get application/flatgeobuf.

[ogcscotts]

I owe @bjornharrtell and @cholmes the final approval steps for the OGC work item - my slowness entirely (will deal with in email thread). Once we get this into the process, I am happy to do the MIME application.

[m-mohr]

Is there any update on this?

[ogcscotts]

getting there.... we had to restart the vote on the work item due to a slow holiday season in December. I expect that we can start the internal review and final approval in mid-March.