- From: Graham Klyne <gk@ninebynine.org>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:05:27 +0100
- To: Aaron Swartz <me@aaronsw.com>, Dave Beckett <dave.beckett@bristol.ac.uk>
- Cc: w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org
There's currently an inconsistency between the MIME type registration:
[[
Additional information:
Magic number(s): none
Although no byte sequences can be counted on to consistently
identify RDF, RDF documents will have the sequence "http://
www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" to identify the RDF
namespace. This will usually be towards the top of the
document.
File extension(s): .rdf
Macintosh File Type Code(s): "TEXT"
]]
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http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-swartz-rdfcore-rdfxml-mediatype-02.txt
and the RDF syntax specification:
[[
It is recommended that RDF/XML files stored on Macintosh HFS file systems
be given a file type of "rdf " (all lowercase, with a space character as
the fourth letter).
]]
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http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/TR/WD-rdf-syntax-grammar-20030117/#section-MIME-Type
Not being a Macintosh user, I don't know which is better, but I think the
specs should be consistent.
#g
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Graham Klyne
<GK@NineByNine.org>
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