[TAP] draft 0.42 (cleanup toward 0.5)

[Francois Ochsenbein]

 Hi Pat,

For VOTable, the recommended content type is "application/x-votable+xml",
I guess TAP should use the same output if the case the output is
VOTable. 

Have a nice week-end, see you soon !

Francois

>
>On Wednesday 29 April 2009 05:49:15 Mark Taylor wrote:
>> Sec 2.7.1 and Sec 2.9:
>>    The usual MIME type for VOTable is "application/x-votable+xml"
>>    or maybe "text/x-votable+xml", not "text/xml; content=x-votable".
>>    "content" is not listed in the text/xml MIME type registration
>>    (RFC3023) as a mandatory or optional parameter of the text/xml
>>    MIME type.  RFC3032 also explicitly considers and rejects the
>>    idea of using a parameter like this to specify XML subformats -
>>    see Appendix A.6.
>
>Which of "application/x-votable+xml" and "text/x-votable+xml" is considered 
>the best choice for TAP? For IVOA services in general? Are there good reasons 
>to chose one over the other?
>
>thanks,
>
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