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Re: No new mime types


On 7/9/06, Henry Story <henry.story@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Here is a suggestion. APP should define no new mime types. XML can
just be served as application/xml  if needed. If there is a need to
identify the type of object at the end of a relation new relation
types should be defined.



Mime-types are used for dispatching on the web, without
looking into the entity body to determine how to
dispatch. It's a fundamental precept of the web.

"I don't like it" is not a reason to change the spec.

You have in now way argued that a new mime-type will hurt
interop or violate the architecture of the web.

  -joe

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Joe Gregorio        http://bitworking.org