Philipp,
However, the use of "application/smil" predates the proposal of
appending "-xml" to XML-based MIME types by more than a year - I think
the first Internet draft dates from April '98. The proposal has
already been succesfully reviewed in the past on ietf-types,
but somebody dropped the ball bringing it to the IESG. Given
this history, and that there is an installed base, it seems reasonable
to stick with the current practice of using "application/smil".
The use of "application/xml" implies that those who are not aware
of this specialized media type cannot do anything even if they can
handle XML. If SMIL people live with this disadvantage, I would not
oppose to this charset name.
However, in order not to make an antecedent, I would like the I-D to mention
this name convention and reasons not to follow it.
Cheers,
Makoto
Fuji Xerox Information Systems
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