On 8/24/06, Bjoern Hoehrmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
* Mark Birbeck wrote: >But all of this is irrelevant...the points were only being made in >order to illustrate a need for a feature. I see you're not opposed to >this feature, so there's obviously little point in debating further >whether it's needed or not. :) I have not seen anyone demonstrating there is a need for a XBL2-specific internet media type. Can you make an argument to support this request that does not depend on fragment identifier semantics and cannot be made for, e.g., XML Schema, which also uses application/xml?
My reasoning is simply that it's advantageous to separate document data and metadata (i.e. to not sniff) for reasons of security and efficiency. The TAG has also chimed in on this; http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/mime-respect.html#why Mark.
