Re: PaceContentNegotiationSection

Eric J. Bowman wrote:
> In my setup, the client (my client imp.) makes a secondary request at http://
> example.com/ shifting the q-value for 'application/atomserv+xml' to "1", the 
> server responds to such requests with the introspection document, everything 
> is automated.
> 

Ok, so a GET to http://example.com would specifying Accept:
application/atomserv+xml;q=1.0 would result in a redirect (permanent or
temporary) to the appropriate service document for the authenticated
user.  Am I missing something?

> Really, I thought this was the purpose of the MIME type, under the examples 
> others have given there's no reason I can fathom that it can't be an 
> existing XML MIME type of some sort, 'applicaton/xml' or such.  The only 
> reason I could deduce for it was to allow negotiation.
> 

There are several uses for the mime type, conneg is just one.

- James