Ok. We converged on MIME type ...
"application/x-votable+xml"
... as reflected by the new subject line. Thanks to Alasdair, Alberto and Norman for the clarifications.
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About the question of actually registering such a mime type:
"application" and "+xml" are already recognized. It's eventually an issue for
the VOTable group, but I would think that even if "votable+xml" is a recognized
subtype, non astronomer's tools could hardly do anything better than activating
some default xml mode similar to what happens when just "+xml" is encountered.
My motivation was to recommend a proper value for the FORMAT parameter of the SSA interface spec. which is due in the coming weeks. To me a registered mime type makes sense if VOTable is used for outreach/education products and we intend to support special plug-ins for a broad public - but I don't think VOTable is likely to replace SVG or the like.
Regards,
Markus
Received on 2004-06-02Z12:04:44