[gopher] Re: Item Type Suggestions

[Cameron Kaiser <spectre@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > gopher://gopher.site.invalid/9(image/tiff)/pictures/venusdekilometro.tif
> 
> Does this mean that we have to look up the mime-type for each file? What if
> you don't know it? Also, wouldn't this make it harder to give links to other
> people? I'm not really at peace with these things - mime-types and all that
> just aren't my cup of tea.

It would make them longer, yes. However, the idea here is only to use the
MIME type for ambiguous or unspecified types. A client that is type-aware only
uses the MIME type if it's provided, and falls back on the itemtype otherwise.
A client that doesn't know about MIME types just sees the 9.

This would also need a server that knows the ( ) portion is a directive, not
a portion of the file selector, but that's easy enough of course.

Like I say, the idea here is not to force all URLs to look like this, but to
extend item types without actually adding any, *and* to still work with clients
and existing menus. The idea is purely facultative, not obligatory.

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