On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:14:02 +0200, Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
Well, application/xhtml+xml has a profile parameter to indicate
specific profiles such as XHTML+Voice; why is a new XHTML+Voice
media type preferable here?
This is only semi-related to this question, but profile parameters are
unreliable. OMA did something similar with a Mobile Profile of XHTML (an
almost pure subset of XHTML), using the XHTML content type. As a
consequence we tested parameters and found them somewhat unreliable. I
don't remember the details but clients didn't always lop the parameters
off, servers didn't always serve them.
I guess this just goes to show that if a feature is unused long enough
interoperability suffers (that it is unused may also indicate that this
wasn't such a good idea but that is another debate).
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Jonny Axelsson, Core Technology, Opera Software ASA