Jan Algermissen wrote:
> [snip]
> Is there any other media type that covers more than one document type
> (root element in the case of XML, but could also be non-XML mime types)?
>
application/xml
> It would be interesting to see how those (if any) deal with the issue.
> An example would maybe be iCalendar, Ithink.
>
application/xhtml+xml
application/atom+xml
...
>
> Also: If feeds and entries get their own media types, then a feed
> (consisting essentially of a bunch of entry documents comes pretty close
> to a multipart/related message - which would make the very existence of
> the feed media type questionable.
>
-1.
>
> And another thought: HTML has in a sense also two processing models
> within a single mime type (normal body and frames) and does not have a
> substantial problem with that, does it?
>
Different issue. Frames and body are both used by the same types of
clients for the same purpose (rendering a UI). They just lead to
different results.
- James
