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[jax-rs-spec users] [jsr339-experts] Re: Specific note regarding text/xml and application/xml

From: Marek Potociar <marek.potociar_at_oracle.com>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 10:54:22 +0200

Not sure if we should do that since there is a problem with encoding in text/xml which causes a subtle but important difference between the two media types. Perhaps we should instead just encourage people to not use text/xml if possible?

Marek

On May 14, 2012, at 11:46 PM, Sergey Beryozkin wrote:

> Hi, right now the specification does not mandate that
> text/xml matches application/xml.
>
> Technically they do not, but I wonder would it make sense to make a specific exclusion in this case ? A minor issue really, I can open a JIRA if people see it might make sense
>
> Sergey