Mark Sapiro writes: > Ideally, one would be able to specify a parameter on the Content-Type; > header along the lines of > > Content-Type: text/csv; charset="utf-8"; compression="gzip"
No, I think this is really a content transfer encoding, not part of Content-Type, and I don't see why one would be enough. Nor would it necessarily always be compression. So how about a Content-Transfer-Filter header which resolves to an (order-sensitive!) list of transformations: Content-Transfer-Filter: pgp-encrypted; algorithm=idea; order=3 Content-Transfer-Filter: x-xz; order=2; comment="the successor to LZMA"; alternate-application=x-lzma Content-Transfer-Filter: base64; order=1 Order is "decoding order" here. Otherwise you'd need a parameter to determine which to use first (in case of corruption or reordering by some brain-damaged MUA or MTA). In the presence of a Content-Transfer-Encoding header, the Content-Transfer-Encoding should be applied first, then any Content-Transfer-Filters. _______________________________________________ Email-SIG mailing list Email-SIG@python.org Your options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/email-sig/archive%40mail-archive.com
