Re: well-formedness error

[Mark Baker <distobj@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 09:09:34AM -0400, Sam Ruby wrote:
> >I presume you mean "application/atom+xml", since that's what was being 
> >discussed as a requirement? Thanks--that's reassuring.
> 
> No, I meant "application/xml".
> 
> As I see it:
> 
> 1) Use of "application/xml" should be accompanied by atom:label and an 
> XML processing instruction involving a stylesheet.
> 
> 2) Use of "application/atom+xml" should not be accompanied by an 
> atom:lable or an XML processing instruction involving a stylesheet.

Big +1.  It's good to see somebody on top of the semantic issues[1] with
application/xml.

 [1] "An XML document labeled as text/xml or application/xml might
 contain namespace declarations, stylesheet-linking processing
 instructions (PIs), schema information, or other declarations that
 might be used to suggest how the document is to be processed. For
 example, a document might have the XHTML namespace and a reference to a
 CSS stylesheet. Such a document *might* be handled by applications that
 would use this information to dispatch the document for appropriate
 processing." (emphasis mine)
   -- http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3023.txt

Mark.
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Mark Baker.   Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA.        http://www.markbaker.ca