Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-xml-forrest-dev-archive@xml.apache.org Received: (qmail 91098 invoked by uid 500); 2 Sep 2002 10:39:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact forrest-dev-help@xml.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Reply-To: forrest-dev@xml.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list forrest-dev@xml.apache.org Received: (qmail 91089 invoked from network); 2 Sep 2002 10:39:48 -0000 Received: from www2.kc.aoindustries.com (209.15.201.84) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 2 Sep 2002 10:39:48 -0000 Received: from outerthought.org (otsrv1.iic.rug.ac.be [157.193.121.51]) by www2.kc.aoindustries.com (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g82Adl531138 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 05:39:47 -0500 Message-ID: <3D733FEB.6060209@outerthought.org> Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 12:39:39 +0200 From: Marc Portier User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: forrest-dev@xml.apache.org Subject: Re: [VOTE] Usage of file.hint.ext convention References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: MIME-types are equally non-describing as file extensions type: text/xml still requires a peak to the DOCTYPE when you want to decide which stylesheet to apply (this is content-aware pipelines redefined?) alternative: Purely on MIME-types would require some richer text/xml; doctype=.... version of the thing, which is I guess a hack comparable to the hint-file extensions? still turtles all the way down :-) -marc= Morrison, John wrote: >>Now to explain the why of the double ext (again): >> >>We have file.xml >> >>- user must link using the same filename >> link href"file.xml" >> >>- the browser needs the filename with the resulting extension: >> file.html > > > Do we need an extension at all in the url? Why not just use > file.xml in the system and http://xxx/file as the url and rely > on mime types? I believe that Stefano suggested this an age ago :) > > J. > > > ======================================================================= > Information in this email and any attachments are confidential, and may > not be copied or used by anyone other than the addressee, nor disclosed > to any third party without our permission. There is no intention to > create any legally binding contract or other commitment through the use > of this email. > > Experian Limited (registration number 653331). > Registered office: Talbot House, Talbot Street, Nottingham NG1 5HF > -- Marc Portier http://outerthought.org/ Outerthought - Open Source, Java & XML Competence Support Center mpo@outerthought.org mpo@apache.org