RE: Parameters for top-level XML media types?

["Larry Masinter" <masinter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

re:
> Suggestion:
>  a) eliminate text/xml
>  b) eliminate 'charset' parameter from application/xml
>      The charset is self-identifying. If there is a PUA in use,
>      then it must be declared in the head of the XML body.
>      Having PUAs in your charset is like having a private use
>      font.

Makoto wrote:

> If the charset parameter is not present, we cannot use negotiation 
> of HTTP 1.1, which is already available.

This is not true. The scope of "Accept-Charset" is unclear
(whether it applies to more than text/plain and text/html),
but it does not depend on there being a "charset" parameter 
on the results.