Re: [office-comment] OpenDocument Draft 3: Use "application/xml" instead of "text/xml"

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John Cowan <>
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2005-03-06T14:19:44+00:00
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Re: [office-comment] OpenDocument Draft 3: Use "application/xml" instead of "text/xml"
David Faure scripsit:

> However I don't see why non-packaged OpenDocument files ("flat xml") shouldn't
> use a real OASIS mimetype instead of text/xml or application/xml.
> After all we want to launch OpenDocument-aware applications (e.g. OOo or KOffice)
> when clicking on such files, not raw XML editors.

On the contrary, I think it's very unreasonable to expect applications
to understand both the packaged format and the separate files which
make it up -- and in any case, which make no sense one without the other.

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