[Bug 7697] The type attribute should ammend the Accept header accordingly. HTTP spec is in accordance with the rules here, in terms of the Accept header being non-authorative. script and style elements already ammend accept header (in firefox) but not for other link

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7697





--- Comment #6 from Mike Kelly <mike@mykanjo.co.uk>  2009-09-24 23:27:51 ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> How the client uses the a[type] attribute is up to them, as the type attribute
> is "purely advisory".  Using the type attribute in the way you've outlined is
> permitted by the existing specification.  Your example does not suggest any
> additional constraints, only suggesting best practice.  
> 
> While it may be good practice for a client to use the a[type] in the request
> header, I can see how that implementation detail probably does not belong in
> the HTML language specification.

These mechanisms are impractical unless there is consensus among major clients. 

Is the HTML spec not the best place to define a 'good practice' interpretation
of the attribute's significance within a hyperlink?


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