- From: Williams, Stuart (HP Labs, Bristol) <skw@hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 15:47:24 +0000
- To: Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>
- CC: Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org>, Marcos Caceres <marcosscaceres@gmail.com>, "www-tag@w3.org" <www-tag@w3.org>, "WAF WG (public)" <public-appformats@w3.org>, Jon Ferraiolo <jferrai@us.ibm.com>
> Why not adopt the convention that one just continues with a slash? > > http://example.com/widgets/2007/blink-01.zip/contents/chrome/js/blink.js How would you make it work client side, such that having retrieved and cached a representation of http://example.com/widgets/2007/blink-01.zip the client would know to look inside that cached page for 'contents/chrome/js/blink.js'. URI being opaque at the client, what is the client side trigger for that behaviour? Stuart -- Hewlett-Packard Limited registered Office: Cain Road, Bracknell, Berks RG12 1HN Registered No: 690597 England > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Berners-Lee [mailto:timbl@w3.org] > Sent: 28 May 2008 16:27 > To: Williams, Stuart (HP Labs, Bristol) > Cc: Dan Brickley; Marcos Caceres; www-tag@w3.org; WAF WG > (public); Jon Ferraiolo > Subject: Re: [widgets] Widgets URI scheme > > It is important I think that the package itself have an HTTP URI. > Yes, there will be times when you don't retrieve it in the normal > course of business, and times when it is aggressively cached (what we > call installation), but it should have an HTTP URI for all the normal > reasons. > > So that suggests that the HTTP URI for the package, which names it, be > the reference point for things inside the package, to identify them. > > Why not adopt the convention that one just continues with a slash? > > http://example.com/widgets/2007/blink-01.zip/contents/chrome/js/blink.js > > This would mean the server would have to reply to it either with a > response indicating "You have asked for part of a package X, go get > the package" or it could say You have asked for part of a package X, > here is what you asked for" and extract it. > > Tim > > On 2008-05 -23, at 07:27, Williams, Stuart (HP Labs, Bristol) wrote: > > > > > I was thinking that a media type/content type for .zip (like) files > > with a definitions such that fragIds can be used to refer to the > > items within the file - admittedly doesn't nest to well items within > > a zipped item in a zip file. Haven't checked to see if such a media > > type exists or has been attempted in the past, but it seems to me > > more appropriate than a URI scheme. > > > > BR > > > > Stuart > > -- > > Hewlett-Packard Limited registered Office: Cain Road, Bracknell, > > Berks RG12 1HN > > Registered No: 690597 England > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: www-tag-request@w3.org [mailto:www-tag-request@w3.org] > >> On Behalf Of Dan Brickley > >> Sent: 23 May 2008 12:08 > >> To: Marcos Caceres > >> Cc: www-tag@w3.org; WAF WG (public); Jon Ferraiolo > >> Subject: Re: [widgets] Widgets URI scheme > >> > >> > >> Marcos Caceres wrote: > >>> Dear TAG, > >>> The WAF working group is seeking advice on the creation > of a Widget > >>> URI scheme. > >> > >> If you really can't live with http: URIs, have you considered > >> using the > >> tag: URI scheme, see http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc4151.html > >> > >> cheers, > >> > >> Dan > >
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