- From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 07:06:22 PDT
- To: "Stephanos Piperoglou" <stephanos@webreference.com>
- Cc: <www-html@w3.org>
I was asked to try to deal with this issue... > Therefore I would propose, in absence of any corrections to the > reasoning above, that the above section and all other references to > script content types be changed to reflect that (a) none of the above > media types have been assigned by the IANA, and hence the x- prefix > should be used when describing scripts until something changes on this > front, I agree with your identification and characterization of the problem, but I disagree with your proposed resolution. x- prefix types should never be used in public protocols. I'd suggest a) register application/vnd.javascript, etc. b) change the examples to use application/vnd.javascript c) include a note that identifies current practice. > the types application/x-javascript, application/x-vbscript and > application/x-tcl reflect current practice in this area. I'm confused about current practice, could you clarify?
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