Re: draft-hoschka-smil-media-type vs +xml

On Monday, December 12, 2005, 10:27:14 AM, Bjoern wrote:

BH> Hi,

BH> =A0
BH> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hoschka-smil-media-type-12.=
txt
BH> is a bit old by now, but I don't think application/smil should be COM=
MON
BH> as it does not use the +xml convention for XML media types. Instead, =
it
BH> should be OBSOLETE and application/smil+xml, defined in the same draf=
t,
BH> should be used instead.

BH> http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/PR-SMIL2-20050927/ only has application/smi=
l
BH> (which is not currently registered), it should use application/smil+x=
ml
BH> and point out that application/smil is obsolete, assuming that the +x=
ml
BH> version will be registered in the not too distant future.

Thanks for spotting this, Bj=F6rn. I suspect it was copied over from SMIL
2.0 which predates the +xml convention. I agree that
application/smil+xml should be the preferred type and should be
registered.

SMIL editors, the procedure to follow is given at
http://www.w3.org/2002/06/registering-mediatype.html

(and is supposed to start at last call, by the way)


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 Chris Lilley                    mailto:[email protected]
 Chair, W3C SVG Working Group
 W3C Graphics Activity Lead
 Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG