> > philosophically, i agree. the question i am asking myself is how likely it > is that this is actually going to happen. it might require a rewrite of the > media type specification, and a rewrite of how content negotiation in HTTP > interacts with that updated media type model. is that something that is > likely to happen, in the mid term or at all?
Sure, it's not likely at all to happen in the mid term, but with media parameters you're not "breaking" anything either. If we want those specifications to evolve, we need more examples and people interested in those parameters. The AtomPub spec with its "type" parameter for Atom is a good start but we need to go further.
