- From: Nir Dagan <nir@nirdagan.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 19:25:07 -0500
- To: "Daniel Hiester" <alatus@earthlink.net>, <www-html@w3.org>
At 03:56 PM 11/30/99 -0800, Daniel Hiester wrote: >When one writes an XHTML document, which extension (i.e. .html or .xml) >should one use? >Daniel If you want it to be rendered by existing browsers serve it as HTML, otherwise "to be resolved" From: http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WD-xhtml1-19991124 "5.1 Internet Media Type As of the publication of this recommendation, the general recommended MIME labeling for XML-based applications has yet to be resolved. However, XHTML Documents which follow the guidelines set forth in Appendix C, "HTML Compatibility Guidelines" may be labeled with the Internet Media Type "text/html", as they are compatible with most HTML browsers. This document makes no recommendation about MIME labeling of other XHTML documents." Regards, Nir. =================================== Nir Dagan Assistant Professor of Economics Brown University Providence, RI USA http://www.nirdagan.com mailto:nir@nirdagan.com tel:+1-401-863-2145
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