Re: Meta-data

Hi Ivan,

On the subject of meta data, we have an optional field in the intent object
called extras (it is still currently being defined at the moment) - some
more information can be found
http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/web-intents/raw-file/tip/spec/Overview.html#widl-Intent-getExtra-string-DOMString-key

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On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Ivan Pavlov <iipavlov@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi ,
>
> As the intents are designed to exchange data between unknown to each other
> clients and servers and the exchange data formats are just recommendatory,
> maybe it's a good idea to allow also exchange of some optional, but
> standardized meta-data. The http headers are a good example and also a
> familiar concept and convention for the most web developers.
>
> Such meta-data exchange would allow for example data format negotiations
> and better error handling on the client for different types of errors.
>
> Best regards,
> --
> *Ivan Pavlov*
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>
>


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