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Re: Schema at XML namespace URI to change

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From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>
To: XML Developers List <xml-dev@xml.org>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 11:09:06 -0400

At 10:42 AM 10/23/00 -0400, John Cowan wrote:
>Sure it does.  Sending the header "Accept: text/html" with the
>request means you want HTML and nothing else.  A conformant server
>that has no HTML version available must respond with a 406 error.

If it weren't for the fact that most browsers (and a number of other
applications copying the move) send out "Accept:*/*", this might even be
useful.

What is it?  "Be conservative in what you send, generous in what you
accept."  A great idea that don't always pay off as expected.

Simon St.Laurent
XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed.
XHTML: Migrating Toward XML
http://www.simonstl.com - XML essays and books

Follow-Ups:
- AW: Schema at XML namespace URI to change
  - From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>

References:
- RE: Schema at XML namespace URI to change
  - From: Jonathan Borden <jborden@mediaone.net>
- Re: Schema at XML namespace URI to change
  - From: ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Henry S. Thompson)
- Re: Schema at XML namespace URI to change
  - From: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@home.com>
- Re: Schema at XML namespace URI to change
  - From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>

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