[Docutils-develop] [docutils:bugs] #516 FAQ says MIME type for rst is text/x-rst but its source page is served as text/prs.fallenstein.rst

[Günter M. <mi...@us...>]

The author/change controller  writes in the registration:
      
>   If anybody more intimately involved with ReStructuredText 
      wants to take it over, it will be surrendered gladly.

We may consider taking over as "change controller" and
   
* keep the name as ``text/prs.fallenstein.rst``
     (never touch a running system),
* change the name to ``text/prs.docutils.rst`` 
     (simple registration in the Personal Registration Tree), or
* try to register as ``text/rst``
     (official registry, requires publication of an RFC)


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**[bugs:#516] FAQ says MIME type for rst is text/x-rst but its source page is served as text/prs.fallenstein.rst**

**Status:** open
**Created:** Mon Dec 15, 2025 07:26 AM UTC by Ulrich Müller
**Last Updated:** Mon Dec 15, 2025 10:23 AM UTC
**Owner:** nobody


The Docutils FAQ says in section 2.24 https://docutils.sourceforge.io/FAQ.html#what-s-the-official-mime-type-for-restructuredtext-data:

> [...] the "official unofficial" standard MIME type is "text/x-rst".

However, when following the "View document source" at the bottom of the page, I get a different MIME type:
~~~
$ curl -I https://docutils.sourceforge.io/FAQ.rst
HTTP/2 200 
date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 07:20:49 GMT
content-type: text/prs.fallenstein.rst
[...]
~~~
Clearly, this is not what the FAQ says.



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