- From: Alexander Graf <a.graf@aetherworld.org>
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:21:47 +0200
- To: Henrik Dvergsdal <henrik.dvergsdal@hibo.no>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On 29.03.2007, at 12:17, Henrik Dvergsdal wrote: >> Can you please define what exactly you mean by multipart responses >> in HTML? Everyone who has responded seems to understand but I >> still can't derive your meaning from the context. Ideally, can >> you also provide a short little example? > > There is an article in wikipedia that explains the basic concepts: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIME > > HTML currently supports the MIME type multipart/form-data in HTTP > requests. This is primarily used to upload files. > > What I suggest is to add support for the MIME type multipart/ > related (or perhaps multipart/mixed) in HTTP *response* messages. > > This would allow inclusion of scripts, stylesheets, media and other > types of resources in web pages/applications as attachments in a > single response so that they don't have to be downloaded separately. > > Within HTML we would need a syntax for refering to attached > resources rather than URL's. Maybe something like this: ... ? > > <img src="attached:apple.jpg"/> How would the server attach the image? I don't seem to get it... > * Media protection. By embedding media as attachments, users can > raise the barrier towards theft or abuse, especially if they are > also provided with mechanisms to disable right-clicking etc. in the > client. -1 This should not be a valid argument for anything. Whatever is displayed on a screen can be copied and thus stolen.
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