Re: ATOM representation of search result facets

mike amundsen <[email protected]>
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agreed, RFC4288.4.3 [1] is rather restrictive, but I think it is possible
to do this. and yes, the fact that it is not yet done, proly indicates its
limited value.



[1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4288#section-4.3
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On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 12:59 AM, Erik Wilde <[email protected]> wrote:

> hey mike.
>
>
> On 2012-09-03 21:54 , mike amundsen wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> so that's some kind of advanced media type registration voodoo, right? my
> knowledge about the registration process is probably rather basic, but my
> understanding was that parameters have to be defined in the registration,
> and they cannot be added separately to an existing registration. maybe the
> indirection you're mentioning makes this possible, but if nobody is using
> this, it may be a good sign that this mechanism is a little bit more
> complex than what most media type authors are after.
>
>
> thanks and cheers,
>
> dret.
>
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