Allowing servers to omit accept is an optimization for the most common case; and it is far more likely that collections will only accept Atom Entry Documents than anything the client wishes to throw at 'em.
- James Sammy wrote: >> However, instead of "absence of @accept means >> @accept='application/atom+xml'", I'd prefer "absence of @accept means >> @accept='*/*'", which is more consistent with other similar specs > > +1 > > Sammy > > > >
