The reliance on Content-type

[Ernst Johannes]

Comments below.

On Nov 11, 2005, at 0:10, Martin Atkins wrote:

> Ernst Johannes wrote:
>>
>> (Note that these concerns where the very reason why originally  
>> had  the
>> meta=lid / meta=capabilities arguments -- this problem is far   
>> smaller
>> when doing so.)
>>
>
> I see that as not being much different to using a "magic" filename,
> transforming (for example) frank.livejournal.com into
> http://frank.livejournal.com/yadis.xml.
>
> Using the URL that the user entered seems like the only safe way to
> ensure that it'll work everywhere. Making up URLs requires that all
> server software be able to support your view of how URLs work,  
> which in
> a world that's moving away from a directory full of static files and
> towards crazy content management systems is not always a valid  
> assuption.
>
> If any "magic" URL transformations are going to occur, I'd rather  
> it be
> to another "filename" than adding a query string argument. I don't
> really like either, though.

I think we have a number of non-perfect choices here. (Real  
engineering ;-))

I have attempted to summarize them here:
http://yadis.org/wiki/Draft-002

Are they correct? What am I missing? (I apologize if I do)

If so, which alternative do people prefer?

On balance, I lean towards alternative "Draft-002-c", specifically  
"Draft-002-c-1".



Johannes Ernst
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