RE: Incorrect Content-Type
"Wayne Simmons" <[email protected]>
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Brent Clark said: >Quick question ... is it valid to send XML syntax etc, BUT the Content >Type in the HTTP header is html. >I'm saying no, but my colleague it saying its ok. Define "valid" and "ok" these are very ambiguous terms: Will the data reach the client? Yes (so is it ok?) Will the webserver allow you do this? Yes (does this mean it's valid?) Perhaps your question should be: What will a client browser do with XML data that has a content type of HTML? or Will the client attempt to render the content as HTML or will it show as an XML document? I suspect that your answer to those might depend on which browser you're using. I'll add: Is it something that SHOULD be done, or is it something that's unexpected and inexact? I think it's pretty clear this is unexpected and at the very least inexact, and therefore shouldn't be done. -Wayne -- Software Engineer InterSystems USA, Inc. 303-858-1000 _______________________________________________ Perl-XML mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs