Re: [weirds] FW: I-D Action: draft-hollenbeck-dnrd-ap-query-01.txt

[Gavin Brown <[e-mail]>]

On 07/05/2012 22:43, Alex Sergeyev wrote:
> So far, based on this draft I really would like to ask if there are
> serious plans to keep text/html and text/plain in the spec.
> 
> In my opinion it looks like step backwards to battle with old whois
> without proper data formatting.
> 
> Having HTML in API seems like mix of presentation and data which also
> would be best to avoid. I'm also wondering if having too much freedom
> would make some providers to not go crazy and add things like
> application/pdf to their list of formats.
> 
> 
> Would you mind clarifying reasons to have more than JSON + XML and how
> such reasons help RESTful WHOIS future?

Supporting text/plain provides a migration path in the early stages of
deployment: clients can be updated to use the new transport protocol
without also having to also support the new format.

G.

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