Atom Content Negotiation (follow-up)

[Erik Wilde <[e-mail]>]

hello.

on 
http://dret.typepad.com/dretblog/2011/04/atom-content-negotiation.html i 
suggested a <link> usage that is not allowed by atom (because extension 
attributes need to be namespaced), but i think the problem is worth a 
solution and i'm planning to write a small draft for it.

the problem is that this link relation needs a parameter (specifying 
what the media type of the linked feed/entry/content is) and maybe some 
title text. following typical XML usage, it might be useful to define an 
extension attribute (for the machine readable information) and allow a 
title (for an optional human readable label). the link relation then 
would be used this way (pointing to a feed with XML content):

<link rel="alternate-content" href="..." 
alternate-content:content-type="application/xml" title="XML version 
based on bla.xsd"/>

i am wondering what people are thinking about this kind of link 
relation. is it looking to unusual (an attribute that would be required 
for this link relation)? if so, what other way of representing it would 
you prefer?

thanks and kind regards,

dret.

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