On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, Ian Graham wrote:
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I think (ii) is the $1000 question. A $500 question might be: "Did the
authors of RFC 3023 consider the RFC 2912 mechanism for providing internal
data about XML typed data?" (RFC 2912 isn't mentioned in 3023).
I can imagine many possible reasons (e.g., easy adaptation for current
MIME dispatchers), but would like to know which one the authors found most
compelling.
By which I meant to say "I can imagine many possible reasons for the model
presented in RFC 3023 (...."
Ian