Forwarding this question to dev list per Sean's suggestion. Wolfgang.
Begin forwarded message: > From: Sean Busbey <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Avro mime type > Date: October 22, 2012 2:58:10 PM PDT > To: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Hi Wolfgang! > > The current avro spec mentions that when HTTP is being used as a transport > for an Avro-defined protocol that the content type 'avro/binary' should be > used.[1] There's an open issue[2] about this not being a valid content type, > though there hasn't been movement in a while. > > AFAICT, this means there isn't a general best practice at the moment. I have > some ideas on the matter, perhaps we could discuss this on the dev list and > then update the relevant jira? > > -Sean > > [1]: http://avro.apache.org/docs/current/spec.html#HTTP+as+Transport > [2]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-488 > > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Wolfgang Hoschek <[email protected]> > wrote: > What's the preferred mime type for binary avro and json formatted avro files > that I should use in an app? > For example "application/avro+binary", "application/avro+json"? > > Thanks, > Wolfgang > > > > -- > Sean Busbey > Solutions Architect > Cloudera, Inc. >
