Re: [xml-dev] Why does my browser treat the XML Schema document ata URL

[Martin Honnen <Martin.Honnen@gmx.de>]

Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> When I drag and drop an XML document (i.e., a file with the suffix .xml) into my browser, my browser recognizes it as an XML document and processes it accordingly. If the XML document has a stylesheet PI, then the browser styles the XML document using the stylesheet.
>
> When I drag and drop an XML Schema document (i.e., a file with the suffix .xsd) into my browser, my browser informs me that it doesn't recognize the file type.
>
> When I dereference this URL:
>
> http://www.w3.org/2001/xml.xsd
>
>   (which appears to be a URL to an XML Schema document) my browser processes it like an XML document.
>
> Why does my browser treat the XML Schema document at that URL as an XML document?

Because the server serves it as application/xml.

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