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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