Re: Query on a nit: Application vs. Text conten-type

Excerpts from ext.ietf-822: 29-Oct-93 Re: Query on a nit: Applic.. Tim
Berners-Lee(_at_)www3(_dot_)cer (2676)


> If MIME puts HTML under
> "application" but "enriched" under "text", then the initial
> part of the type has become meaningless.
>       Tim Berners-Lee

We went through all this on the MIME list almost two years ago.  The
conclusion was that the initial part of the type is indeed meaningless. 
The only interesting thing to do with MIME types is to treat each
<primary-type>/<secondary-type> pair as a single specific type.

Bill