XDG, xdg-open, and view vs. edit

[Daniel Bo]

I've been lurking on this list for some time now and find it very
interesting. XDG (and FD.o in general) is a great step forward for
open desktops.

That said, I wonder why the choice was to set a default application
for opening when most file types have view and edit modes. Why are
there not xdg-view and xdg-edit (or --edit and --view switches on
xdg-open)?

Apologies if this question seems idiotic, but I ask because it's been
eating at me for some time.

Daniel