Re: SCRIPT
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Martin_J=2E_D=FCrst?= (mduerst@ifi.unizh.ch)
Mon, 22 Sep 1997 18:24:00 +0200 (MET DST)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 18:24:00 +0200 (MET DST)
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Martin_J=2E_D=FCrst?= <mduerst@ifi.unizh.ch>
To: Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>
cc: www-html@w3.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.3.95.970922110850.-205749H-100000@hazel.hpl.hp.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.970922182226.361r-100000@enoshima>
Subject: Re: SCRIPT
On Mon, 22 Sep 1997, Dave Raggett wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Sep 1997, MegaZone wrote:
>
> > I see a potential problem with the new SCRIPT definition.
> >
> > 'language' has been deprecated in favor of 'type'. However, my
> > understanding of type is that it does not contain version info.
>
> In principle, the type could include the version as a parameter
> value, e.g. type="text/coolscript;version=1.8". Another possibility
> is to wedge it into the name, e.g. type="text/coolscript-1.8".
> The main issue is the registration of types including any
> parameters. In principle this is a matter for IANA.
I also thought of this. Please note that one parameter, namely
"charset", is treated separately and should never be part of
the "type" attribute, although it appears as a parameter in
the "Content-Type" line.
Regards, Martin.