- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 21:33:00 -0700
- To: Larry Masinter <LMM@acm.org>
- Cc: XML Distributed Applications List <xml-dist-app@w3.org>
Ahh; of course. It isn't explicitly called out as a MIME type, but the name is a pretty good hint. I didn't see the context in 11.5. Need more sleep... On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 09:25:46PM -0700, Larry Masinter wrote: > I think this discussion is based on a misapprehension: > > > > http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-xforms-20010828/slice11.html#rpm-send-urlencode > d > > is not about encoding XML in URIs at all, it's about encoding > form data (the result of filling out a form), and as section 11.5.1 > point 5 notes, "Instance data is delivered over the network as > an HTTP POST". > > The MIME type "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" uses the > _encoding method_ of URLs (%XX). > > Frankly, I think application/x-www-form-urlencoded is a legacy > design with much awkward baggage that has less place in > XForms than <BLINK> has in XHTML. > > > > IMHO there are still fundamental and practical issues with this use > > of URIs, and personally I think this is something the TAG should > > address as soon as it gets instantiated, as it seems to be of > > interest in more than one context. > > Since this isn't "a use of URIs" per se, I'm not sure there's > an issue. > > Larry > -- > http://larry.masinter.net > -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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