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Bug 5330 - http request header does not specify "application/xhtml+xml" in Accept
Summary: http request header does not specify "application/xhtml+xml" in Accept
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 785
Alias: None
Product: Validator
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Website (show other bugs)
Version: HEAD
Hardware: Macintosh All
: P2 normal
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Reported: 2007-12-25 21:09 UTC by Michael Lunsford
Modified: 2007-12-25 23:32 UTC (History)
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Description Michael Lunsford 2007-12-25 21:09:22 UTC 
the online validator warns: Conflict between Mime Type and Document Type 
The document is being served with the text/html Mime Type which is not a registered media type for the XHTML 1.1 Document Type. The recommended media type for this document is: application/xhtml+xml


However, the validator fails to inform the server that it supports application/xhtml+xml as part of the request header. So, the server issues the text/html header instead.
Comment 1 Olivier Thereaux 2007-12-25 23:32:59 UTC 
please look at Bug 785. Basically:
* a user agent like the validator does not need to send an accept header
* with the current spec, it's wrong to send xhtml1.1 as text/html (why not use xhtml 1.0?)
* you should fix your accept hack to server application/xhtml+xml by default, and send text/html only to agents that send an accept not containing this media type
* if for testing purposes you need the validator to send accept headers, see 
   http://validator.w3.org/docs/users.html#option-accept


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 785 ***