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1999-04-04 23:36:27
At 11:09 PM 4/4/99 PDT, Larry Masinter wrote:
In general, you cannot solve the problem of "dispatch to the appropriate
handler" by modifying MIME, since finding the appropriate handler is
platform and installation dependent.

Although you don't say so, I believe you are arguing against the
desirability of an additional media type parameter.  Right? -T.

As far as I can tell, adding parameters doesn't solve the problem,
and introduces other, possibly more severe, problems. So yes, I'm
arguing against it.

Larry