RE: [syndication] Mime types when serving RSS

["Ben Hammersley" <ben@benhammersley.com>]

Right! text/xml it is then...

Do any applications/aggregators take any notice of it? Anyone? 

> 
>     As far as I know, there is no specific MIME type for RSS. 
> I commonly use "application/rss" within my own applications, 
> but not for public consumption. The only applicable MIME type 
> that I am aware of is "text/xml" -- which is obviously not 
> RSS specific.
> 
>     I think the creation of an approved/dedicated MIME type 
> would be good for several reasons -- one being the ability to 
> write browser plugins for rendering RSS based on the MIME 
> type of the document - much like Adobe's PDF or MS's XML 
> renderers already do.
>