ISSUE-9: Why does the Web use mime types and not URIs?

uriMediaType-9

Why does the Web use mime types and not URIs?

State:
CLOSED
Product:
Raised by:
Tim Berners-Lee
Opened on:
2001-12-17
Description:
Media types are not first-class objects on the Web, or are they?
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Related notes:

In old issues list: http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/issues.html#uriMediaType-9
see especially Chris Lilley email to IANA http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/tag/2003Oct/0079

Jonathan Rees, 26 Feb 2011, 19:21:31

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