I believe that it's still the XHTML MIME type, because that's what the document acutally, is regardless of what other stuff it might have embedded in it. But you're right, the MIME type is utterly insufficient for describing a compound XML document.
cheers, barneyb On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 17:03:18 +0100, Massimo, Tiziana e Federica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Micha Schopman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > XHTML in general has to be served as application/xhtml+xml, > > application/xml or text/xml to be valid. So serving the files with a > > mimetype other than the required results in invalid XHTML, although the > > format looks XHTML valid. > > I tend to agree (see my CF tools page with a Gekko based browser), but I > feel there is more than that. With XHTML you can create compound documents, > mixing different XML languages inside the same document, like a XHTML file > that contains SVG, MathML or RSS. In such a scenario XHTML may simply act as > a container. How about that? What's the "correct" mime-type for such a kind > of beast? > > I have the feeling a simple mime-type isn't able to express the real nature > of a compound XML document... > > ---------------------------- > Massimo Foti > DW tools: http://www.massimocorner.com > CF tools: http://www.olimpo.ch/tmt/ > ---------------------------- > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:193126 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
