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Re: default for q-values in Accept-Language and elsewhere

From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 20:56:07 +0200
To: "Javier Godoy" <rjgodoy@fich.unl.edu.ar>
Cc: <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Message-ID: <5lu324tgd9d2ids9mm3mucjr2fhofpu76r@hive.bjoern.hoehrmann.de> 

* Javier Godoy wrote:
>BTW, it is allowed having extension parameters *without* a q parameter? For
>instance "text/plain;atoken=avalue"

No, but the above would be valid if text/plain allowed "atoken" as media
type parameter. Ambiguity between accept-extension and parameters is the
likely reason why you have to have the "q".
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