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Re: Announcement of a new I-D

2000-05-09 08:59:32


muraw3c(_at_)attglobal(_dot_)net wrote:

Simon St. Laurent, Dan Kohn, and I create a new I-D for XML media
types.  It is available at:

4. appendix comparing alternatives to '|xml' suffix added.

This is a valuable write up, and summarises well the need for a suffic.


   The suffix is changed from "-xml" to "|xml".  As of now,
   no media types ending with "-xml" are registered yet.

I looked but did not see any reason given for this change. Is "|" superior
to "-" in some way? If so, it should be documented. If not, why change it?

--
Chris