Clever idea for func:script (was xmlns:exslt)

On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 09:42, Daniel Stodden wrote:

> 3.
> 
> there is a totally different approach which does not require namespaces,
> but is build upon open standards and already has assignments for many
> languages: use MIME types. that's how HTML4 does it. if this works for
> HTML4, why should XSLT require a different approach?
> 
> mime types by themselves do not solve the versioning problem pointed out
> above, but then again: if there is such a problem and it never gets
> solved for MIME, would namespaces manage to solve it? probably not,
> because it is a coordination issue and not a technical one.

This is very clever thinking.  My only problem with this idea is that I
didn't come up with it myself.  :-)

I personally would be all for replacing the specification for
func:script/@language to be an Internet media type, although I wonder
whether it should then be renamed func:script/@type, with @language
immediately deprecated.

I also wonder how problematic this would be on deployed legacy.

Thoughts, anyone?


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