- From: Olivier Thereaux <ot@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:49:55 +0900
- To: Simon Fuhrmann <NightSlayer@gmx.de>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
On Tue, Jul 09, 2002, Simon Fuhrmann wrote: > Why there is no file-extension (.png or so) in the img-tag src-attribut > value (src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-html401")? That's called Content-Negociation. It's a feature of the HTTP protocol which allows "equivalent" resources to be negociated on the basis of what the client declares (in most cases the client is your browser, which says "I like PNGs more than GIFs", for example) to return the "best choice". More info here: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/Negotiation.html -- Olivier
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