At 13:40 29/07/2002 -0400, you wrote: >I was just reading through >http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-media-types/ > >which currently points to >http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/NOTE-xhtml-media-types-20020430 > >and came across >http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-media-types/#summary-table > >That tabe indicates that XHTML 1.1 files should be either > >a) application/xhtml+xml >b) application/xml >c) text/xml > >(with "a" being preferred) and *should not* be sent as text/html > >Now it doesn't go as far as saying 'must not' but it doesn't say 'May' >either. > >Wouldn't this confuse older browsers (who aren't going to know enough to >display application/xhtml+xml) ? Yes it does - Netscape 4 pops up a "download" window when it encounters any of the above content-types. This is a rpetty good reason to stay with XHTML 1.0 for quite a while. Regards, Simon Willison http://www.bath.ac.uk/~cs1spw/blog/