[ticker-dev] Ticker group "invitation" attachments

[David Arnold]

-->"Matthew" == Matthew Phillips <matthew.phillips at dsto.defence.gov.au> writes:

  >> What's the MIME type of this format?

  Matthew> I'm still suggesting "application/x-elvin-tickergroup".

  >> text/xml+foo?  Does anyone understand the rules for XML-based
  >> MIME?

  Matthew> Of that I have no idea. XHTML is text/xml+html, but tacking
  Matthew> the "xml+" seems like a hack to me (it implies there might
  Matthew> be other ways to represent XHTML). In this case I'm
  Matthew> proposing a One True XML Way for the group format, so
  Matthew> whacking an xml in there seems a bit disingenuous.

A quick google found me RFC-3023

   http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3023.txt

See especially appendix A (and A.15) for a discussion of the rationale
for the use of +xml





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