Re: HTML Streaming
Albertfine@aol.com
Wed, 27 Aug 1997 19:29:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Albertfine@aol.com
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 19:29:26 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <970827192904_1487924785@emout19.mail.aol.com>
To: www-html@w3.org
Subject: Re: HTML Streaming
Members of the www.html List,
I think I see a flame war simmering so let me make a few things clear. I
don't work for Double Click :) I am a computer consultant. I have taken
classes on HTML and I have reviewed the XML and HTML 4.0 specifications. I am
sure everyone here knows something about HTML. My ideas are very early in
development. HTML streaming basically; organizes the tags in a HTML document
to send what is displayed first. Tags that are not displayed such as
keywords, signatures etc. would be added at the end of the file. These
protocols would probably be used by HTML editors. HTML streaming also
involves two tags; the events tag and the stream tag. The event tag would
list all the tags in the HTML file with rough descriptions so the browser
knows what to expect. The stream tag would tell the browser you can display
this now, it will not be changed. For example, someone mentioned the problem
with loading tables. The HTML editor could calculate the impact of size
elements in the table tag. It would add a stream tag to points in the table.
The stream tag would tell the browser to display the unfinished table knowing
that it will not be changed. Or the HTML editor could add a rough description
of the table to the events tag. You would have the table streamed without
major changes to the table tag or using a proprietary tag. I don't think
tables are the last or only example of the need for HTML streaming. I don't
think the speed at which a page loads while downloading is the biggest
problem in the world but I do think we should take the initiative. Please
review all the articles in the thread;
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-html/1997Aug/thread.html#290
Albert Fine