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Re: 4.2 Location-source/Base address

From: Murray Altheim <Murray.Altheim@Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 17:24:41 -0800 (PST)
To: Dave Hollander <dmh@hpsgml.fc.hp.com>
Cc: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
Message-ID: <Roam.SIMC.2.0.4.857611481.19267.altheim@jurassic>
"Dave Hollander" <dmh@hpsgml.fc.hp.com> writes:
> > At 12:33 PM 3/4/97 -0800, Tim Bray wrote:
[...]
> >4.2.c Should we formalize the concept of the implied location source? 
> 
> Is this the same as: resource name used to reach this resource ?
> If so, we do need the concept to express priority policy re expressed
> location source.

Note that in the case of resources delivery based on client type (eg., 24bit
GIF vs. 1 bit GIF) the implied location will depend on who is asking for the
resource. We may have to allow for binding client-type information to the
request.

Murray

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Murray Altheim, SGML Toolhead                    <altheim@eng.sun.com>
Tools Development & Online Production
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Menlo Park, California
Received on Wednesday, 5 March 1997 20:28:17 EST

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