- From: Dave Beckett <dave.beckett@bristol.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 11:41:24 +0100
- To: Graham Klyne <gk@ninebynine.org>
- Cc: Aaron Swartz <me@aaronsw.com>, w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:05:27 +0100 Graham Klyne <gk@ninebynine.org> wrote: > There's currently an inconsistency between the MIME type registration: > [[ > Additional information: > > Magic number(s): none > > Although no byte sequences can be counted on to consistently > identify RDF, RDF documents will have the sequence "http:// > www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" to identify the RDF > namespace. This will usually be towards the top of the > document. > > File extension(s): .rdf > > Macintosh File Type Code(s): "TEXT" > ]] > -- > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-swartz-rdfcore-rdfxml-mediatype-02.txt > > and the RDF syntax specification: > [[ > It is recommended that RDF/XML files stored on Macintosh HFS file systems > be given a file type of "rdf " (all lowercase, with a space character as > the fourth letter). > ]] > -- > http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/TR/WD-rdf-syntax-grammar-20030117/#section-MIME-Type > > Not being a Macintosh user, I don't know which is better, but I think the > specs should be consistent. TEXT doesn't sound right to me. RDF/XML is an XML format that should be separate from whatever text editors do. I put this in the syntax working draft March 2002 using words similar to SVG which uses "svg ". Aaron can you please change this to "rdf "? Thanks Dave
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