- From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:05:32 -0700
- To: Matthias Schunter <mts-std@schunter.org> (Intel Corporation)
- Cc: "public-tracking@w3.org (public-tracking@w3.org)" <public-tracking@w3.org>
done On Jun 25, 2013, at 7:43 , Matthias Schunter (Intel Corporation) <mts-std@schunter.org> wrote: > Hi Team, > > I agree with these editorial changes in principle: It should be possible for first parties to choose to implement the stricter 3rd party rules. > > David: Could you implement the corresponding editorial changes? > > matthias > > On 24/06/2013 13:55, Thomas Roessler wrote: >> Reviewing the tracking status flags in the TPE spec, it strikes me that some of the non-normative text is overly specific. Proposed edits: >> >>> 5.2.3 First Party (1) >>> >>> A tracking status value of 1 means that the origin server claims that the designated resource is designed for use only within a first-party context and conforms to the requirements on a first party. If the designated resource is operated by an outsourced service provider, the service provider claims that it conforms to the requirements on a third party acting as a first party. >>> >>> For the site-wide tracking status and Tk header field, the tracking status values 1 and 3 indicate how the designated resource is designed to conform, not the nature of the request. Hence, if a user agent is making a request in what appears to be a third-party context and the tracking status value indicates that the designated resource is designed only for first-party conformance, then either the context has been misunderstood (both are actually the same party) or the resource has been referenced incorrectly. >>> >>> For the request-specific tracking status resource, an indication of first or third party as the status value describes how the resource conformed to that specific request, and thus indicates both the nature of the request (as viewed by the origin server) and the applicable set of requirements to which the origin server claims to conform. >> I suggest to drop: "both the nature of the request (as viewed by the origin server) and the". >> >> That accommodates the case of a first party that voluntarily complies with third party requirements. >> >>> 5.2.4 Third Party (3) >>> >>> A tracking status value of 3 means that the origin server claims that the designated resource is designed for use within a third-party context and conforms to the requirements on a third party. >> I suggest to drop: "is designed for use within a third-party context and" >> >> Same use case. >> >> >> Thomas Roessler, W3C <tlr@w3.org> (@roessler) >> >> >> >> >> > David Singer Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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