Re: Announcement of a new I-D

[Chris Lilley <chris@xxxxxx>]

muraw3c@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Simon St. Laurent, Dan Kohn, and I create a new I-D for XML media
> types.  It is available at:

> 4. appendix comparing alternatives to '|xml' suffix added.

This is a valuable write up, and summarises well the need for a suffic.


>    The suffix is changed from "-xml" to "|xml".  As of now,
>    no media types ending with "-xml" are registered yet.

I looked but did not see any reason given for this change. Is "|" superior
to "-" in some way? If so, it should be documented. If not, why change it?

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Chris