- From: Pablo Olmos de Aguilera C. <pablo@glatelier.org>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:56:12 -0300
- To: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
- Cc: Markdown List <public-markdown@w3.org>
On 21 November 2012 13:50, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com> wrote: > On 21 November 2012 16:27, Pablo Olmos de Aguilera C. > <pablo@glatelier.org> wrote: >> On 20 November 2012 10:00, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On 20 November 2012 12:51, Ryan Freebern <rfreebern@unionstmedia.com> wrote: >>>> I feel like the spec ought to address "identifying markdown content" in some >>>> way, and filename extensions and MIME types are the two obvious ways to do >>>> that. I think filename extensions are somewhat arbitrary, but without adding >>>> a doctype to the markdown syntax I don't see a better way. That said, I've >>>> only ever seen .md, .mkd, and .markdown. >>>> >>>> Ryan >>> >>> My view. >>> media-type is only useful when served, say, via http >>> a filename extension is useful locally for application association. >>> A doctype is an extension to a baseline spec. >> >> I don't understand what do you mean by the "baseline". > > Our first deliverable is a syntax and semantic for a 'baseline' MD. > I.e. syntax and clear specification of semantic, scoped to be > common to 'many' if not most implementations. > > Hence a doctype or metadata specifying the mime-type is out of scope > for the baseline, in scope for MD extensions later. > > Sorry if that wasn't clear. I wanted to be sure. I like MD core more, but oh well. >> Specifically, I hope to define in our baseline spec (if I understood >> the term correctly): >> >> + file extensions: .md, .mkd and .markdown >> + mime type: text/markdown > > -1 for me on this. > >> >> (Well, the last can only be done after we have markdown standarized). > > Yes. That's why I'm suggesting both are for later, after we have a 'baseline' > markdown defined. Totally agree. We have to see that later. Regards, -- Pablo Olmos de Aguilera Corradini - @PaBLoX http://www.glatelier.org/ http://about.me/pablox/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/pablooda/ Linux User: #456971 - http://counter.li.org/
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