On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Dan Stillman <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/13/12 1:26 PM, Dan Stillman wrote: > > While we're on the subject, though, we should agree on a different > content type for .csl files. Among other things, Safari (and possibly > other browsers) will display "text/*" types rather than downloading > them.* "x-" is also considered bad practice these days. > application/vnd.citationstyles.style? Zotero is using > application/vnd.citationstyles.csl+json for CSL JSON data. > > > It could also be application/vnd.citationstyles.style+xml,
I say we go with this. Bruce > since RFC3023 > recommends the use of "+xml" for XML-based media types. I don't think > there's much to be gained from that, but there's also no particular reason > not to do it. > > From http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3023.txt: > > A.15 Why must I use the '+xml' suffix for my new XML-based media type? > > You don't have to, but unless you have a good reason to explicitly > disallow generic XML processing, you should use the suffix so as not > to curtail the options of future users and developers. > > Whether the inventors of a media type, today, design it for dispatch > to generic XML processing machinery (and most won't) is not the > critical issue. The core notion is that the knowledge that some > media type happens to use XML syntax opens the door to unanticipated > kinds of processing beyond those envisioned by its inventors, and on > this basis identifying such encoding is a good and useful thing. > > Developers of new media types are often tightly focused on a > particular type of processing that meets current needs. But there is > no need to rule out generic processing as well, which could make your > media type more valuable over time. It is believed that registering > with the '+xml' suffix will cause no interoperability problems > whatsoever, while it may enable significant new functionality and > interoperability now and in the future. So, the conservative > approach is to include the '+xml' suffix. > > > I don't have a strong preference here. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > xbiblio-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xbiblio-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ xbiblio-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xbiblio-devel
