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Ultimately, I probably will create a transformation to iCal, but initially it isn't my goal. For internal use, I want to skip the intermediate type, which really more complex than what my application or Web site needs. --- David Cloutman <[log in to unmask]> Electronic Services Librarian Marin County Free Library -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Rochkind Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 11:38 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Mime type for PHP serialized objects If you want to publish calendar event information, you should use iCal/iCalendar instead of making up your own format. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar => text/calendar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XCal => application/calendar+xml Jonathan Cloutman, David wrote: > I have a quick question for any PHP developers out there. > > I am writing a SOA application to manage my library's events calendar. > The basic idea is to create a public API that our web site or other > community organizations can use to query and consume information. I am > using JSON as the default output for information, but would like to add > the option of outputting native serialized PHP data structures as > created by the serialized() function. > > My question is, what mime type should I use for serialized PHP data? The > best suggestion I saw through Google was application/vnd.php.serialized, > which was posted as a proposal. I don't know if any standard was adopted > though. Has anyone else thought about this issue? > > - David > > > > --- > David Cloutman <[log in to unmask]> > Electronic Services Librarian > Marin County Free Library > > Email Disclaimer: http://www.co.marin.ca.us/nav/misc/EmailDisclaimer.cfm > > -- Jonathan Rochkind Digital Services Software Engineer The Sheridan Libraries Johns Hopkins University 410.516.8886 rochkind (at) jhu.edu