Re: updated IETF draft for SMIL mediatype

No, thankfully, it wouldn't screw anything up.  Macintosh files are opened
based on type/creator codes (two 4 letter codes buried in the file - a text
file is type TEXT, a Quicktime movie is MooV, etc) as opposed to any letter
codes on the end.  So the machine could distinguish between a SMIL file
(which, in theory, would be type TEXT and have a creator of a player
application, like GrINS) and an SMI application (which would be an APPL
file).

I am intrigued by someone else having .smi registered already, though.
Anyone know what application this would be?

-dan

-----Original Message-----
From: Philipp Hoschka <Philipp.Hoschka@sophia.inria.fr>
To: Tim Kennedy - WebPhD.com <Tim@WebPhD.com>
Cc: www-smil@w3.org <www-smil@w3.org>
Date: Tuesday, August 04, 1998 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: updated IETF draft for SMIL mediatype


>
>On 03/08/1998, "Tim Kennedy - WebPhD.com" <Tim@WebPhD.com>  wrote:
>
>>I might make mention that Apple also uses the .smi extension for disk
>>images on the Macintosh.
>
>interesting - does this create any problems in practice, like that
>the wrong application is started ?
>