Re: [xml-dev] Mime type for compound document.

[Dave Pawson <davep@dpawson.co.uk>]

Stephen Green wrote:

> Is it the case then that every time someone creates a new namespace
> they have to create a new MIME type to go with it?! Doesn't that rather
> damage the whole concept of extensibility in XML? I appreciate some
> namespaces are more equal than others but at what point should a
> MIME type be created? Aren't there any general guidelines anywhere?

Not that I'm aware of. Down to the group developing the ns based 
app/std? They apply, if the paperwork is right they get a mime type
registered?

Perhaps this is just an extension of the 'how to fix namespaces' issue
since processing on namespace is not far from processing on mime type.
Potentially flawed | valid based on the setup.


> I came across a similar matter - when does a new namespace merit a
> new file extension being registered? 

Isn't that just a Redmond habit?


regards

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