Re: [media-types] Media subtypes containing "+"

[Manu Sporny <[e-mail]>]

On 7/8/20 4:17 PM, Nathan Rixham wrote:
> A very small point, which I realise is probably years too late, but in
> usage "application/json+ld" is far more practical to use, for example in
> a media selector, similarly "application/json+ld+did" follows the same
> principal, subtyping reverse requires a great deal of both explantation
> and code to handle, and gets ever more complex. Finding all
> "application/json*" is much easier.

Very true, which is why the first MIME Type attempted for JSON-LD was in
fact:

"application/json+ld"

... that is, until I was corrected by people that knew better. :)

Every now and then I go back and scan through a sea of specifications
and mailing lists in an attempt to understand the reasoning behind the
choice... find it (at least, that's what I keep telling myself), and
then promptly forget because the path is so twisted and meandering.

In any case, that ship sailed long ago.

-- manu

PS: Hi Nathan! It's been years -- hope you're well. :)

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