[JCR-1621] Use application/xml as the XML media type

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Component/s: jackrabbit-webdav
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jukka Zitting
• Created: 21/May/08 15:43
• Updated: 27/Sep/11 21:39
• Resolved: 17/Feb/11 14:17

Description

As noted in JCR-1310, at least in jackrabbit-webapp but possibly also elsewhere we should be using application/xml instead of text/xml as the content type when serving XML over HTTP.

The text/xml type has been widely criticized because of character encoding issues (see for example http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/07/21/dive.html), and there has even been an attempt to officially deprecate text/xml because of this. The application/xml type doesn't suffer from these issues, and is thus a better choice when serving XML.