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A comment on Deprecating Use of the "X-" Prefix in Application Protocols (IETF Draft).
Bram writes:
> I used an x- mimetype becaues IANA says that you should do that when your
> protocol isn't approved by them. Of course, they want everyone to get a
> mimetype without the x- approved by them eventually, which involves a
> compatibility breakage. I see no need for that pain, especially since
> collisions in the mimetype namespace never happen; One of the nice effects
> of it being a string rather than a number.
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Bram writes:
> I used an x- mimetype becaues IANA says that you should do that when your
> protocol isn't approved by them. Of course, they want everyone to get a
> mimetype without the x- approved by them eventually, which involves a
> compatibility breakage. I see no need for that pain, especially since
> collisions in the mimetype namespace never happen; One of the nice effects
> of it being a string rather than a number.