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http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7744 --- Comment #25 from Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com> 2010-02-11 09:45:00 --- "The Content-Type metadata of the result of fetching a representation from a resource depends on the URI scheme and corresponding protocol. However, there are some circumstances where additional heuristics (overriding the protocol defaults) are needed for compatibility with current web sites. Guidelines for determining an appropriate content-type to presume are being developed elsewhere [MIMESNIFF]; in particular, user agents MUST NOT use additional heuristics or override authoritative metadata in ways that are not explicitly allowed." This makes it clear that sniffing is MAY and not MUST, that the guidelines are when NOT to sniff (rather than when one MUST sniff), and allows the MIMESNIFF document to evolve independently of the HTML specification. I think this would resolve the bugin a way that would let HTML go to Last Call. If MIMESNIFF actually gets onto IETF standards track, then you can update the reference then. -- Configure bugmail: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug.
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