On 1/30/06, Jens Alfke <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Isn't "application/rss+xml" a de-facto standard?
Yes, but it won't work that well until Apache ships with it mapped to
a file extension by default. Apache won't do that until there's a real
type. IETF won't register anything but a vendor or personal type for
RSS. and on and on.
>But in any case, a MIME
> type wouldn't suffice.
>
> My point is that a news feed is not just a document. It is a dynamic
> resource that requires a protocol to make use of it, much like a POP
> account. Therefore I think that identifying it via a URL scheme is
> appropriate.
Oh, this is Web heresy. *chuckles
I hope people keep the fire and brimstone to a minimum.
--
Robert Sayre
"I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time."
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