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Bug 19797 - "actual media type" is a misnomer
Summary: "actual media type" is a misnomer
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: MIME (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P5 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Gordon P. Hemsley
QA Contact: sideshowbarker+mimespec
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Reported: 2012-10-31 18:49 UTC by Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
Modified: 2013-02-04 19:51 UTC (History)
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Description Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2012-10-31 18:49:46 UTC 
IMHO the "actual media type" should be called the "sniffed media type". "Actual" implies some level of confidence that we can't justify here.
Comment 1 Gordon P. Hemsley 2012-10-31 19:21:09 UTC 
Blame Anne; he suggested I change it.
Comment 2 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2012-10-31 22:23:50 UTC 
Your spec, your blame. :-P
Comment 3 Gordon P. Hemsley 2012-11-01 16:54:19 UTC 
I've renamed 'actual media type' to 'sniffed media type':

https://github.com/whatwg/mimesniff/commit/c7ec25efe0a48ca760869d05895a2b8cfd88c9f5

I've also renamed 'specified media type' to 'supplied media type':

https://github.com/whatwg/mimesniff/commit/39a7887a0d20c6acc614fdf856ad875514a26d2e