Re: [syndication] [DISCUSS] eXtensible Content Syndication (the next step for OCS)

[burtonator <burton@relativity.yi.org>]

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Aaron Swartz <aswartz@swartzfam.com> writes:

> On Friday, August 10, 2001, at 04:59  PM, burtonator wrote:
> 
> > - - Doesn't support mime types.  XCS should support both 
> > mimeTypes (text/xml, etc)
> > and contentTypes.  Content types are used to provide a more 
> > precise format
> > explanation.  Example:
> >
> >     contentType="http://my.netscape.com/rdf/simple/0.9/";
> 
> MIME types are a form of content types... RFC2048 gives them 
> URIs: the mime type prefixed by
> 
> ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/
> 
> as in
> 
> ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/text/html

Because we have conflicting URIs.

Because a mime/media type is just that... a media type.  We need to have two
entries for the content format for a number of reasons:

mimeType doesn't offer us enough information.  We need to support real URIs for
the content type as in http://my.netscape.com/rdf/simple/0.9/ This specific
example has a mimeType of text/xml and this long namespace.  How do you intend
on doing both?

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