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first it must be defined what do you mean exchanged in a given format? server side events or client side events? On Sun, 7 May 2006, Costello, Roger L. wrote: > Hi Folks, > > There are over 350 different content (MIME) types. Some common content > types include HTML, XML, GIF, JPG, JPEG, MP3, MPEG, RSS, SVG. > > Information exchanged on the Web is in the form of one of these content > types. (Sometimes an information exchange contains a collection of > items, each item with different content type.) > > I would like to know: > > Of all the information being exchanged on the Web: > > what percentage of the information is in the form of the HTML content > type, what percentage of the information is in the form of the XML > content type, what percentage of the information is in the form of the > GIF content type, what percentage of the information is in the form of > the MP3 content type, what percentage of the information is in the form > of the MPEG content type, what percentage of the information is in the > form of the JPG content type, and so forth, for all the content types. > > I speculate that the percentages are something like this: > > Content type Percentage > --------------------------- > HTML 90% > JPG 2% > JPEG 2% > GIF 2% > MP3 2% > XML 1% > ... > > However, that's purely my guess. (What is your guess?) > > In addition, I am interested in seeing how the percentage is changing > over time - I am interested in seeing the evolving form of information > on the Web. > > Has anyone done such an investigation? > > /Roger > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> > >
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