The ietf-xml-mime
mailing list is discussing the use of
MIME content-type identifiers and their use with
fragments of documents rather than complete
documents. XML has muddied the waters once
again.
The discussion is intended to refine an Internet
Draft explaining how to
describe XML in contexts where content-type
identification is critical. MIME content-types
were originally
developed for email, but are an important part of
the Web's HTTP
protocol and are used in many other
situations, notably to identify
style sheet types.
At the apparent conclusion of an earlier
discussion, Murata Makoto
started by describing likely
agreement from prior discussions - that
fragments don't have media types - and then charged
forward with some
cases that may not correspond to that
agreement.