diff --git a/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1-annotated/index.md b/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1-annotated/index.md index 7804a04..09468ae 100644 --- a/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1-annotated/index.md +++ b/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1-annotated/index.md @@ -1316,6 +1316,13 @@ The MIME type of warcinfo records, WARC metadata records, and potentially other records types in the future, shall be application/warc-fields. +> **Community errata:** [#50](https://github.com/iipc/warc-specifications/issues/50) +> The sentence above could be interpreted as disallowing other types of +> warcinfo and metadata records. However, this would be inconsistent +> with the wording in sections 6.2 and 6.6 which appear to intentionally +> allow other types. In practice some tools do use other MIME types +> for these records. + A WARC file shall have a name. See Annex C for recommendations on WARC files names.