> The W3C XML Protocol WG is wondering what the status of the "+xml"
> suffix given that various W3C recommendations that have come out after
> the RFC rolled out seem to make any of the three choices:
> * don't use "+xml"
> * use "+xml"
> * don't say anything about MIME
> We would very much appreciate input on what the deployment status is of
> RFC 3023. Note that we are not asking the status of the document itself
> but rather the adoption rate in specs and apps.
Speaking as media types reviewer, I interpret RFC 3023 as saying that XML-based
media type registrations should follow the +xml convention whenever possible.
I've therefore pushed back on media type registration requests where I was able
to figure out that the underlying format is XML-based (this isn't always
obvious), and in most cases the registrations were revised accordingly. I'm
also starting to see registrations that have +xml in them from the outset.
Ned
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