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RE: Parameters for top-level XML media types?

1999-05-06 08:32:58
re:
Suggestion:
 a) eliminate text/xml
 b) eliminate 'charset' parameter from application/xml
     The charset is self-identifying. If there is a PUA in use,
     then it must be declared in the head of the XML body.
     Having PUAs in your charset is like having a private use
     font.

Makoto wrote:

If the charset parameter is not present, we cannot use negotiation 
of HTTP 1.1, which is already available.

This is not true. The scope of "Accept-Charset" is unclear
(whether it applies to more than text/plain and text/html),
but it does not depend on there being a "charset" parameter 
on the results.