[gopher] Encouraging MIME types
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Gopher+ makes it possible to use MIME types in a Gopher item. I belive using
MIME types in Gopher should be encouraged due to their greater flexibility.
A single character item is actually less flexible than the DOS 3 char
filename extension.
I'd like to see the following implemented:
1) For backwards compatibility, servers must send the defined type associated
with a file if it matches exactly with the type (with the exception layed out
in [3]). A file that would have a MIME type of text/text will still have a
type of '0', GIF files will still have a type of 'g', etc. Note that files
with similar types would *not* use the standard Gopher types. For instance,
a text/html document would never be sent as a Gopher type of '0'.
2) A new Gopher type, 'm', is to be implemented which tells a client to check
the MIME type in the Gopher+ space.
3) The 'I' type is to be either completely deprecated or used as a synonym
for 'm'. GIF files can still use the 'g' type, but any other images should
be sent with the 'm' type and their proper MIME type.
4) No new Gopher types are to be defined--MIME types are to be used as a
complete replacement. The only possible exception to this is for research
purpases, but even then, MIME types are encouraged.
- --
We all know LInux is great . . . it does infinite loops in 5 seconds.
--Linus Torvalds
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- [gopher] Encouraging MIME types,
Timm Murray <=
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