RE: text/xhtml+xml vs. application/xhtml+xml

>Making text/* rely on being naively readable makes it only useful for
>plain text and Wiki. 

But unfortunately, that is precisely the situation, because unknown subtypes
of text default to text/plain, so the material MUST be understandable to
naive users.

We can all agree that it would be great to go back 8 years and have done x
or y differently, but then people in hell would like a glass of ice water
too.

RFC 2646 was exactly about dealing with these practical issues of how to
role out new functionality within text/* without generating user
frustration.

To quote Larry Masinter on a previous issue within the draft, "We live in a
complex world of our own making."

		- dan
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