@dret @distobj Profiles in Accept: do what media types are for and they lack a central authority markbaker.ca/blog/2008/02/me… , hence cause coupling
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@algermissen i do agree that media type centralization is a good thing; but should media type specialization be centralized?
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@dret I'd say, media type specification is an anti pattern. It only moves the problem elsewhere, it does not solve it
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@algermissen domain models for data and interaction need to live somewhere, and media types are a good place for them to live in.
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Replying to @dret
@dret @algermissen After all these years, I'm still undecided whether custom media types are worth the cost

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Replying to @stilkov
@stilkov @dret Hmm, what cost exactly do you refer to with regard to custom media types.
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@algermissen @dret Cost of creating, describing, explaining, maintaining, evolving them, losing an existing ecosystem that works with them
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@stilkov application-specific may be too much, but for application classes, it makes sense. that's the approach we're taking, plus profiles.
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