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Hi Ned,
> I've been following this discussion for a while now, and while it
> pains me to
> object to something that would lessen my own workload, I find that I
> have to
> agree with Keith about this. The stability problems associated with
> DNS names
> are just too great.
[...]
> Given the huge amount of damage that's been inflicted on the
> world by badly designed media types, I am forced to see further
> reduction
> of the barriers as a reckless step in the wrong direction.
I agree these are the biggest -- and serious -- concerns with the
proposal. However, the status quo doesn't seem to be working too well;
rather than discouraging frivolous or poorly-considered media types, it
encourages people into the "x-" space. This is borne out when you
examine mime.types files and Web browser configurations; deployed
software and formats are ignoring the process quite freely.
The other effect is that it encourages people to avoid media types
altogether, so that formats don't have well-known identifiers, or if
they do, ones that aren't usable in current systems like MIME or the
Web (QNames in WSDL come to mind especially).
A DNS-based type does indeed have a chance of the authority changing,
but I believe this possibility is preferable to the lack of a usable
identifier.
So, I'd put forth that the current system doesn't discourage badly
designed media types (or formats); every incentive is for people to use
the "x-" space, though it is officially discouraged, leading to
confusion. It does discourage well-designed media types and formats
from actually being registered, which hurts software and systems that
leverage them.
If there's another solution to this, I'm all ears.
Cheers,
--
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