> In case of webservers attaching a mime-type this is mostly not a > problem, because the server administrator knows which format the > served .mol files have.
If I understand you correctly, you are saying that a web administrator might map the extension .mol to something other than chemical/x-mdl-molfile.OK ... that seems curious ... but I guess I asked for it :-) So, in an applet context, does jmol use the mime-type information? Or does it try to deduce the file type from the input stream using the ReaderFactory mechanism? > On Tuesday 10 September 2002 10:23, Michael T Howard wrote: >> I am somewhat puzzled by your comment that file extensions are >> unreliable. Web servers use file extensions to generate MIME types. If >> file extensions are wrong (or imprecise) that seems to imply that the >> files are generally unusable in a web context. >> Can you point me to some examples/documents that I can investigate? > > Some simple examples are the use of the .log, .mol and .xml extensions, > which are one by one used by more than one file format. > > In case of webservers attaching a mime-type this is mostly not a > problem, because the server administrator knows which format the > served .mol files have... but for Jmol this is different: Jmol does not > have this prior knowledge... > > Egon > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old > cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! > https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 > _______________________________________________ > Jmol-developers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-developers -------------------------------------------------- Miguel Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] c/Peņa Primera 11-13 esc dcha 6B 37002 Salamanca Espaņa Spain -------------------------------------------------- telefono casa 923 27 10 82 movil 650 52 54 58 -------------------------------------------------- To call from the US dial 9:00 am Pacific US = home 011 34 923 271 082 12:00 noon Eastern US = cell 011 34 650 525 458 6:00 pm Spain -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ Jmol-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-developers
