Is TeX a mathematics media type?

Hi

According to the forthcoming MathML3, it seems that they will not recognise TeX as a media type for mathematical content!
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-math/2009Oct/0006.html

Here's what Paul Libbrecht says (in URL above):
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- non-standardized string: TeX, For this type, I have to say, there is
no standard and it seems impossible to safely define one. We could
replace it by application/x-tex which is what the Apache server
delivers for a .tex file. On this point, I request suggestions.
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However, they are accepting Maple and Mathematica, and text/plain.

My view is that if text/plain is useful, then so is text/tex, even though TeX notation mathematics is not sufficiently standardised.

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Jonathan
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