MIME types and file extensions for XML

[Rzepa, Henry]

...
>Really something like
>tree/xml-multipart ?

There is of course a multipart  PRIMARY type, and it have it also as a
secondary type seems confusing. Multipart however is largely used in email
(the original reason for  MIME) to carry multi-component attachments.
It does seem suited for what you have in mind here!!

Why  not multipart/xml ?

>But as a result, Scott Nelson proposed model/ for carrying various
>structured data models, mainly multidimensional data arrays, I think. I
>think it got through... Henry?

Yes, model is now a ratified primary  MIME type. Not sure how widely adopted
it is; mostly in the VRML community, who use model/vrml

>The other proposal being text/xml?  text/sgml has been accepted by the IETF
>for some time, right?

Right.
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