[Bug 13882] New: Drop "Any type ending in "+xml"". It's not web compatible. There are sites that use application/pls+xml and expects it to open in some media player, and sites that use application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml and expect it to open in Google Earth.

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13882

           Summary: Drop "Any type ending in "+xml"". It's not web
                    compatible. There are sites that use
                    application/pls+xml and expects it to open in some
                    media player, and sites that use
                    application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml and expect it to
                    open in Google Earth.
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
               URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#nav
                    igate-fragid-step
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson)
        AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch
        ReportedBy: contributor@whatwg.org
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org,
                    public-html@w3.org, simonp@opera.com


Specification:
http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete/history.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#navigate-fragid-step
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#navigate-fragid-step

Comment:
Drop "Any type ending in "+xml"". It's not web compatible. There are sites
that use application/pls+xml and expects it to open in some media player, and
sites that use application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml and expect it to open in
Google Earth.

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Received on Wednesday, 24 August 2011 08:45:37 UTC