[DAS2] Re: New problem with content-type header in DAS/2 server responses!

Thu Nov 10 19:56:12 UTC 2005

Andrew Dalke wrote:
> Okay, sounds like using HTTP codes for this causes problems in
> practice.
> 
> What about returning a different content-type for that case?
> 
> 200 Ok
> Content-Type: application/x-das-error
> 
> <body>
> Something bad happened.
> </body>
> 

That seems fine to me.

There is still the separate issue of whether the content is 
"application/x-das-error" or simply "text/xml".  But that is another 
discussion that is already ongoing and to which I have nothing to add.