- From: Patrick Stickler <patrick.stickler@nokia.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:31:34 -0500
- To: "ext Tim Berners-Lee" <timbl@w3.org>
- Cc: public-www-archive@w3.org
On Mar 11, 2005, at 17:10, ext Tim Berners-Lee wrote: >> >> On Mar 11, 2005, at 11:17, Patrick Stickler wrote: >> >>> Are you saying then, that some stream of bits served as >>> text/plain is a distinct representation from a stream of bits >>> served as text/xml? >> >> I.e. the *same* stream served with different MIME types... >> >> Patrick > > Absolutely. > > A representation carries meaning. A string of bits is not > sufficient, as it is not self-describing. > > If something is served as text/plain then a human user > would be expected to be served the text. > A browser which fishes for <html> or <!xml> is > is not behaving according to the architecture. > Every now and again, something breaks when it is not done properly. > > This is fairly well established, and described in AWWW. > > Tim Right. I can see why the associated media type is important, as two otherwise bit-equal streams may have very different interpretations depending on the media type and thus constitute different bodies of information. Still, this is not central to httpRange-14, so sorry for the digression. Patrick
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