Re: [XHTML 2] type attribute on the param element (PR#7776)

• From: Shane McCarron <xhtml2-issues@hades.mn.aptest.com>
• Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:03:19 -0600 (CST)
• To: jim@jibbering.com
• Cc: www-html-editor@w3.org
• Message-Id: <20060124160319.31A4D7B6AF@hades.mn.aptest.com>

Jim,

You are correct.  This has been fixed.  Thanks!

> Dear HTML Working Group,
> 
> 24.2 defines something called a type attribute on a param element:
> 
> | type = ContentTypes
> | This attribute specifies the content type of the resource designated by 
> the src
> | attribute. It is used to help the user agent decide whether it can process
> | this element's contents.
> 
> given that the param element is not defined to have a src attribute, I 
> cannot see what this attribute possibly does, please clarify, either by 
> including the src attribute with an appropriate definition or removing the 
> type attribute.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jim Ley 
> 
> 

Received on Tuesday, 24 January 2006 16:03:30 UTC