Re: [apps-discuss] New Version Notification for draft-shelby-exi-registration-01.txt

[Ned Freed <[e-mail]>]

> On Apr 23, 2012, at 18:14 , Ned Freed wrote:

> >>> application/senml+json
> >>> application/senml+xml
> >>> application/senml-exi

> I think the idea that first two are OK but the third one needs to have a "-"
> instead of a "+" is simply baffling. Can someone explain the logic to me ?

+exi implies a syntax that can be processed generically by systems knowing
nothing specific about senml. But in order to decode schema-aware EXI, which is
what is being used here, you have to know the schema for the specific version
of senml that's in use. There is an field in the document itself that can be
used to provide a pointer to the schema, but it's optional. In other words, in
some cases the schema has to be known through out of band information, and that
violates the rules for +suffix.

> I'll rest the urge to insert a rant here about the reason people don't bother
> to register new thing and just use text/plain for everything …

In turn I'll resist the urge to rant about folks who jump into a long
discussion without making any attempt to read the preceeding messages and
expect others to do their work for them.

				Ned