RE: Starting the ietf-xml-mime mailing list

["Larry Masinter" <masinter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> At 11:09 PM 4/4/99 PDT, Larry Masinter wrote:
> >In general, you cannot solve the problem of "dispatch to the appropriate
> >handler" by modifying MIME, since finding the appropriate handler is
> >platform and installation dependent.
> 
> Although you don't say so, I believe you are arguing against the
> desirability of an additional media type parameter.  Right? -T.

As far as I can tell, adding parameters doesn't solve the problem,
and introduces other, possibly more severe, problems. So yes, I'm
arguing against it.

Larry