- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 23:23:18 -0500
- To: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Cc: www-tag@w3.org
On 2/2/06, Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org> wrote: > The idea is to migrate from a central registry of media types > to just using the web as a registry. You know I'm with you there. 8-) > > Are you perhaps thinking that the URI in the parameter could be used > > to dispatch applications? > > Yes. > > > If so, I don't think that's workable as > > virtually all (AFAICT) software that dispatches off media types, does > > it off the media type name independent of the value of any parameters. > > In such a dispatch slot, we insert a handler for t9 that dispatches > further. That seems a monumental undertaking to me, since as I see it, you'd have to upgrade all components (Web servers, browsers, intermediaries) simultaneously, otherwise you'd fragment the Web into two; those components that dispatch data processors off the media type name, and those that dispatch off the new parameter value. That's why I prefer mnot's proposal, as it accomodates that transition more gracefully IMO, by also modifying the media type name. Mark.
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