Media types and extensibility

[Mark Baker <distobj@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 09:49:43AM -0400, Sam Ruby wrote:
> I note a lack of a proposal for getting extensibility points right, with 
> MustUnderstand and MustIgnore and so on.  Until or unless there is a 
> concrete proposal, such issues will not be tracked.

I just wanted to observe that until such time as an extensibility model
is finalized, the group should be prepared to go with a different Atom
media type while retiring the current one.

Consider that the 0.3 draft doesn't include support for mandatory
extensions, yet recommends application/atom+xml.  This means that when
confronted with a version of the Atom format that does include mandatory
extensions, a 0.3 agent won't know to fault on one.  A new media type is
required to make that transition.

(Sorry Jason, that's just the abridged version of the larger paper on
my todo list 8-)

Mark.
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