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A file type is defined by its mime type not by it's suffix. The suffix (txt, htm,asp, ppf, cfm) is a convienient way for an application to decide which files to send to a processor, and which not. As Lauren points out several suffixs can point to legitimate well formed XML files. Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lauren Wood" <lauren@s...> To: <xml-dev@l...> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 1:54 PM Subject: Re: > > > Didier PH Martin wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > At first I thought "this is a joke", but maybe its not. I recommend that you > > go to the bookstore ASAP and get a book like for instance XML for Beginners > > published by Wrox. > > > > By the way, the file may have these extensions: > > xxx.xml > > xxx.svg > > xxx.xhtml > > xxx.smil > > xxx.rdf > > xxx.xtm > > and a couple others that I forgot... > > > Um, actually an XML file may have any file ending it (or the author) > chooses; using .xml is a nice convention that is sometimes adhered to but > often not. And, of course, there may be no file ending at all, particularly > on systems where not using file endings is common (e.g., Unix). A readme may > be in XML just as a readme.xml file may be, or a readme.foo. > > Lauren > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org, an initiative of OASIS > <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word > "unsubscribe" in the body to: xml-dev-request@l... >
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