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> -----Original Message-----
> From: am [mailto:am@fx.ro]
> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 20:26
> To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: Re: [xml-dev] file extensions best practice
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Christian Nentwich [mailto:christian@systemwire.com]
> > The cons (?):
> >
> > - The files are not recognisable as XML files anymore and
> the standard
> > XML editors won't list them
> > - Web servers won't generate the correct headers unless reconfigured
> > - The space for 3 digit file prefixes is small, and ours would look
> > like .x?? which make sthe space even smaller
> >
> > Is there anything I'm missing? What are people's opinions on this?
>
> What about appending the file type to the filename, and keep
> the xml extension:
>
> blabla1_book.xml
> blabla2_book.xml
>
> or book_blabla1.xml
> book_blabla2.xml
> ?
Then, what about:
Blabla1.book.xml
Blabla2.book.xml
?
I have used something like the following for some time:
Mydocument.doc.zip
which I think makes it clear that it is a ".doc" inside a ".zip".
Alessandro Triglia
>
>
> Adrian Maier
>
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