[MEI-L] File extensions

Benjamin Wolff Bohl bohl at edirom.de
Fri Aug 16 09:54:26 CEST 2013


Just to put my two cents in:

I use .xml no matter what schema I am working with.
I never used .mei

If I remember correctly, even TEI'S ROMA tool oputputs the ODD files as 
.xml and that's fine. This way you do not have to have the knowledge 
that you can use a XML (or even Text) editor to open it. One can rely on 
the filesystem to handle the data in an appropriate manner.

Best
Benjamin

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Am 15.08.2013 18:27, schrieb Raffaele Viglianti:
>
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Andrew Hankinson 
> <andrew.hankinson at mail.mcgill.ca 
> <mailto:andrew.hankinson at mail.mcgill.ca>> wrote:
>
>
>     application/vnd.mei+xml .xml -> Mapping .xml to the MEI mime type
>     seems like a big problem.
>
>     application/vnd.mei+xml .mei -> Seems like the best solution, yes?
>
>
> As far as I know mimetype is orthogonal to file extension, so even if 
> we secure a mimetype application/mei+xml it won't matter if your file 
> has .xml or .mei extension.
>
> I personally don't see an issue with file extension at all. What's the 
> problem with using either .mei or .xml? In a web context all that 
> matters is the mimetype, in a OS context, using .xml is generally 
> going to make things easier, but it's not eventually not a big deal.
>
> Raf
>
>
>     (the MEI mime type I give is just an example).
>
>     -Andrew
>
>
>     On 2013-08-15, at 5:47 PM, Sigfrid Lundberg <slu at kb.dk
>     <mailto:slu at kb.dk>>
>      wrote:
>
>     > .txt is a poor choice. Most web servers will deliver that as
>     text/plain which is not what you want. In apache web server there
>     is a file mime-types which connects extensions to mime types,
>     which then interacts with users web clients and plug-ins and
>     helper applications
>     >
>     > Sigfrid
>     > ________________________________________
>     > Fra: mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de
>     <mailto:mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de>
>     [mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de
>     <mailto:mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de>] på vegne af
>     Andrew Hankinson [andrew.hankinson at mail.mcgill.ca
>     <mailto:andrew.hankinson at mail.mcgill.ca>]
>     > Sendt: 15. august 2013 17:23
>     > Til: Music Encoding Initiative
>     > Emne: Re: [MEI-L] File extensions
>     >
>     > You can sign me up too.
>     >
>     > Personally, I like .mei. XML could also be thought of as plain
>     text, so I would argue that we should go with the most specific
>     usage, rather than the most general. We could just go with .txt
>     and be just as correct as .xml.
>     >
>     > Either way, though, I think this is an appropriate topic for
>     putting some guidance in the Guidelines. I'll volunteer to write
>     it, but I would like some way of getting a consensus.
>     >
>     > Any ideas? An online poll?
>     >
>     > -Andrew
>     >
>     > On 2013-08-15, at 5:09 PM, "Roland, Perry (pdr4h)"
>     <pdr4h at eservices.virginia.edu <mailto:pdr4h at eservices.virginia.edu>>
>     > wrote:
>     >
>     >>
>     >> Sigge,
>     >>
>     >> Thanks for being so gracious in your acceptance of my effort to
>     "volunteer" you.
>     >>
>     >> There's no rush on this.  After Christmas/beginning of 2014 is
>     fine.  I'm sure you'll find willing volunteers to help you write
>     the proposal.  You can "volunteer" me in return.  :-)
>     >>
>     >> Anyone who wants to participate, please contact Sigge.  I hear
>     he's starting a list.  :-)
>     >>
>     >> Thanks again,
>     >>
>     >> --
>     >> p.
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> __________________________
>     >> Perry Roland
>     >> Music Library
>     >> University of Virginia
>     >> P. O. Box 400175
>     >> Charlottesville, VA 22904
>     >> 434-982-2702 <tel:434-982-2702> (w)
>     >> pdr4h (at) virginia (dot) edu
>     >> ________________________________________
>     >> From: mei-l-bounces+pdr4h=virginia.edu at lists.uni-paderborn.de
>     <mailto:virginia.edu at lists.uni-paderborn.de>
>     [mei-l-bounces+pdr4h=virginia.edu at lists.uni-paderborn.de
>     <mailto:virginia.edu at lists.uni-paderborn.de>] on behalf of Sigfrid
>     Lundberg [slu at kb.dk <mailto:slu at kb.dk>]
>     >> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 10:49 AM
>     >> To: Music Encoding Initiative
>     >> Subject: Re: [MEI-L] File extensions
>     >>
>     >> My keyboard is too fast.
>     >>
>     >> Cannot promise to write it alone and have to discuss it here in
>     Copenhagen. Not before Christmas, that's for sure
>     >>
>     >> S
>     >> ________________________________________
>     >> Fra: mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de
>     <mailto:mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de>
>     [mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de
>     <mailto:mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de>] på vegne af
>     Roland, Perry (pdr4h) [pdr4h at eservices.virginia.edu
>     <mailto:pdr4h at eservices.virginia.edu>]
>     >> Sendt: 15. august 2013 16:44
>     >> Til: Music Encoding Initiative
>     >> Emne: Re: [MEI-L] File extensions
>     >>
>     >> Hi Sigfrid,
>     >>
>     >> Sounds like we have a volunteer to lead the way to registering
>     an MEI mimetype.  :-)
>     >>
>     >> --
>     >> p.
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> __________________________
>     >> Perry Roland
>     >> Music Library
>     >> University of Virginia
>     >> P. O. Box 400175
>     >> Charlottesville, VA 22904
>     >> 434-982-2702 <tel:434-982-2702> (w)
>     >> pdr4h (at) virginia (dot) edu
>     >> ________________________________________
>     >> From: mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de
>     <mailto:mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de>
>     [mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de
>     <mailto:mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de>] on behalf of
>     Sigfrid Lundberg [slu at kb.dk <mailto:slu at kb.dk>]
>     >> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 10:39 AM
>     >> To: Music Encoding Initiative
>     >> Subject: Re: [MEI-L] File extensions
>     >>
>     >> Hi,
>     >>
>     >> I'm using .xml as suffix. Don't really care.
>     >>
>     >> As I'm a coauthor of RFC6129
>     (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6129) I have strong opinions on
>     your "by the way" question. Yes, we should register a mime type,
>     and it should be application/mei+xml. Since it is in the
>     application hierarchy it requires an RFC and some negotiations
>     with IESG and IETF before one get a line in the appropriate IANA
>     document.
>     >>
>     >> Cheers
>     >>
>     >> Sigfrid
>     >>
>     >> ________________________________________
>     >> Fra: mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de
>     <mailto:mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de>
>     [mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de
>     <mailto:mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de>] på vegne af
>     Andrew Hankinson [andrew.hankinson at mail.mcgill.ca
>     <mailto:andrew.hankinson at mail.mcgill.ca>]
>     >> Sendt: 15. august 2013 16:12
>     >> Til: Music Encoding Initiative
>     >> Emne: [MEI-L] File extensions
>     >>
>     >> Hi all,
>     >>
>     >> Is there a common understanding of what the proper file
>     extension for MEI files should be?
>     >>
>     >> I've been assuming .mei is the "standard", but a
>     counter-example of .xml was recently brought to my attention. So,
>     I thought I'd poll the collected wisdom and see what others were
>     doing. Are you using .xml, .mei, or some other variation on these?
>     >>
>     >> -Andrew
>     >>
>     >> ====
>     >> Related:
>     >> -- Should we register an actual mimetype? Maybe:
>     application/vnd.music-encoding+xml ?
>     >>
>     >>
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