Re: ATOM representation of search result facets

Erik:

It's possible to define a media type identifer that includes some optional 
params that could support signalling additional features.

I am not aware of any currently registered media types that do this, tho.

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On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 11:50 PM, Erik Wilde <[email protected]> wrote:

> hello peter.
>
> On 2012-09-03 14:25 , Rushforth, Peter wrote:
> >> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wilde-profile-link-02#section-3.1
> >> suggests that media types SHOULD support a media type parameter
> >> "profile" to support what you're asking for, but that of course can only
> >> be done for existing media types if those media types are updated.
> > As I understand it, the values of media type parameters need to be 
> registered as well (depending on the tree).
> > So a profile="http://example.com/foo" parameter+value pair could be 
> added to a media type registration,
> > so long as it doesn't impair backwards compatibility of the 
> type/subtype.  Is that how you see it?
>
> yes, for media types where the profile information should become visible
> on the media type level (and not just added to the representation using
> a generic linking mechanism with "profile" relation type links), the
> media type needs to be updated. afaict, there is no way how a media type
> parameter can be "added" to a media type without essentially
> re-registering the media type with the new parameter added.
>
> cheers,
>
> dret.
>
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