RE: [xml-dev] [Summary, VERSION #3] Media type (MIME) of XML in MS Word? in Notepad? when compressed? etc

> Mac OSes up to 9 had a 'resource fork' in each file 
> containing codes indicating the creator and the type of data. 

Similarly, ICL VME had/has a file description associated with each file
containing such metadata. The idea has also been reinvented with WebDAV.

But I think we're saddled with Unix and Windows for a few years yet.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/