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