Re: [gopher] Updated Gopher RFC

2012/5/8 Damien Carol <damien.carol@gmail.com>

It's my proposal : to have generic types :

Old one

My Proposal

Name

Description

1

1

MENU

Menu

0

0

TEXT

Small text file, render directly in browser in easy way

3

3

ERROR

Tell client that result is KO

7

7

INDEX / PROGRAMS

You now it

9

9

BINARY

Binary, generic one

5

5

ARCHIVE

Binary but check it as ARCHIVE (zip, rar, etc…)

g, P, I

I

Image File

Binary but check it as IMAGE (JPG, GIF, BMP, etc…)

;

V

Video File

Binary but check it as VIDEO (AVI, MKV, etc….)

s

A

Audio File

Binary but check it as AUDIO (WAV, mp3, etc…)

d

D

Document Text File

Binary but check it as TEXT (Plain, Word, ODF, etc…)

h

E

EXTERNAL URL

Check the selector for "URL:"

2012/5/8 Nuno J. Silva <nunojsilva@ist.utl.pt>

On 2012-05-08, Alistair wrote:

> On 08/05/2012 17:01, zack mayson wrote:
>> Gopher is generally designed to be a low overhead protocol; plus, it
>> would introduce incompatibilities in clients running on old computers
>> (i.e. Zilogs, Sinclairs) and specifying what kind of data/files/content
>> X is neans a lot less work for client Y.
>>
>
> Trouble is there's a gazillion kinds of file and soon you end up with
> a huge mess like mimetypes.

The good thing about mimetypes is that they're easier to expand without
breaking compatibility (although, given enough time, one can always
break anything).

> As ling as a client or whatever knows what it /can/ handle it can just
> ignore anything it doesn't recognise.

The key is to grow a set of itemtypes such that clients can readily
ignore everything else and just focus on what they can handle.

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Nuno J. Silva (aka njsg)
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http://njsg.sdf-eu.org/

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Old one	My Proposal	Name	Description
1	1	MENU	Menu
0	0	TEXT	Small text file, render directly in browser in easy way
3	3	ERROR	Tell client that result is KO
7	7	INDEX / PROGRAMS	You now it
9	9	BINARY	Binary, generic one

5	5	ARCHIVE	Binary but check it as ARCHIVE (zip, rar, etc…)
g, P, I	I	Image File	Binary but check it as IMAGE (JPG, GIF, BMP, etc…)
;	V	Video File	Binary but check it as VIDEO (AVI, MKV, etc….)
s	A	Audio File	Binary but check it as AUDIO (WAV, mp3, etc…)
d	D	Document Text File	Binary but check it as TEXT (Plain, Word, ODF, etc…)

h	E	EXTERNAL URL	Check the selector for "URL:"