(2021-04-29, 21:04)N. W. Perry Wrote: If my understanding is complete, the reason to keep .mpd is that it tells the user at a glance something about the content of the file—i.e., that it contains submodels, or more specifically, subfiles, as reflected by the format's only metas (0 FILE and 0 NOFILE).
Is there a way to readily convey this information to the user other than by way of the .mpd extension?
Are there any other affirmative reasons to keep .mpd? (By that I mean reasons that specifically require keeping it, as opposed to reasons not to retire it.)
I will repeat. What difference does it make to the end-user if the file contains embedded sub-models? I don't consider this to be a factor at all.