RE: Parameters for top-level XML media types?

["Gavin Thomas Nicol" <gtn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > 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.

Note that the encoding declaration is not mandatory for XML. An XML
document does not necessarily have to start with an XML declaration.