Hi Sierk, On Apr 24, 2007, at 19:33 , Sierk Bornemann wrote: > I want to use XHTML 1.1, and I want to serve the apropriate MIME > type to all browsers, which do suffice these standards requirements > and who support this MIME type. Yes, I know the technique, but really, there is no point in using XHTML 1.1 if you're going to conditionally serve as text/html. Why not just use XHTML 1.0 and follow HTML compatibility guidelines? > > My question is: why doesn't the validator catch that MIME type, > that is served as "text/html" but re-written to "application/xhtml > +xml"? I must assume, that the current validator 0.8 beta doesn't > send an Accept-Header, so that the Rewrite-Rule has no chance to work. Right. This is under discussion here: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=785 > If I am right, why doesn't validator 0.8 beta send an Accept- > Header, and would'nt it be better to do so? I am among those who think it should. Others disagreed. That's why there is a discussion over on the bugzilla. I encourage you to participate if you have new arguments for that debate. -- olivierReceived on Tuesday, 24 April 2007 11:01:31 UTC
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