Re: The 'image/svg+xml' Media Type

On Tuesday, June 18, 2002, 5:44:11 PM, Tobias wrote:


TR> Braden McDaniel wrote:


>> Furthermore, the type simply is wrong-headed. "application/ecmascript"
>> is appropriate.


TR> ... "because"?

TR>  From my POV, having limited knowledge of the implications related to 
TR> MIME Type naming, I think that application/ecmascript is better than 
TR> text/ecmascript, because the main characteristic of a portion of ECMA 
TR> Script code is being an application; a program. It is also text, but I 
TR> don't view this as it's main property.

Suggest that you read the definition of 'application' in that case. it
doesn't really fit, either.

The paucity of top-level types is a known problem with MIME.


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 Chris                            mailto:chris@w3.org

Received on Tuesday, 18 June 2002 12:53:15 UTC