- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:21:55 +1100
- To: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Cc: Bert Bos <bert@w3.org>, public-cdf@w3.org
On 1/31/06, Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net> wrote: > * Mark Baker wrote: > >Actually, it's generally agreed in IETF circles that "text/html" was > >the incorrect type to use for HTML, which is the reason the former > >HTML WG opted for "application/xhtml+xml" for XHTML. See; > > > >http://www.imc.org/ietf-xml-mime/mail-archive/msg00622.html > > It seems turning some opinion on the "general consensus of the MIME > community" into a statement of fact about "IETF circles" is quite a > stretch... The referenced message from the ietf-xml-mime archive was just one example. As a member of those "IETF circles", I stand by my statement that the use of text/* is generally frowned upon for use with XML. I can provide pointers to other evidence of this if Bert requires. Mark.
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