Re: Need an XBL media type

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Mark Baker wrote:
> 
> This is a comment against the XBL2 last call WD.
> 
> I believe the spec needs a media type, if only because the TAG
> recommends it[1].
> [1] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2004/0430-mime

I couldn't find a statement in that document saying that the TAG 
recommends that working groups define new MIME types for their namespace. 
The document suggests new MIME types should be registered for new 
_formats_, but XBL re-uses the existing XML format, so that doesn't apply 
to XBL as far as I can tell.

What would the use cases be for a new MIME type that couldn't be handled 
by application/xml? (Consider in particular that XBL's processing model is 
defined in terms of handling any DOM, not in terms of handling HTTP 
payloads or similar.)

Cheers,
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