Re: The role of media types for XML content

[Mark Baker <[e-mail]>]

On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 11:47:40PM +0900, MURATA Makoto wrote:
> Mark> >And do you want to specify a 
> Mark> > specialized media type when you reference the embedded RNG?
> Mark> 
> Mark> Ideally, yes, I think that would be valuable for the reasons I gave
> Mark> before concerning layering and security.
> Mark> 
> Mark>  [1] http://www.w3.org/2004/CDF/
> Mark>  [2] http://www.markbaker.ca/2004/01/XmlDispatchTest/
> 
> You propose to use a specialized media type for a fragment and 
> to use a different media type for the entire resource.

Ah, I misunderstood you.  I thought you were referring to a separate
media type for the embedded RNG itself, not for use by the referrer to
that RNG.  I wouldn't encourage the referrer to use a separate media
type since it violates the principle that the server provided media type
be authoritative in determining fragment identifier.

I agree with your premise that a new media type for each new XML
vocabulary is not a scalable, long-term solution.  But neither do I
think that application/xml is a solution.  The work being done in the
CDF WG may provide one, but for now though, I agree with Liam and
Martin that a new media type makes the most sense.

Mark.
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