Re: Accept atribute on forms and links

On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Jose Antonio Illescas del Olmo <
jose.illescas@gmail.com> wrote:

> And links?
>
>    <a href="/formula">link</a>
>

Anchors are static references to URLs, whereas forms are used for
configuring custom scheme requests. They both serve a distinct purpose so
mixing the necessary complexity into anchors serves no purpose - if you
need to configure a custom HTTP request you can use a form.

HTH,
Cameron



Thank you, Cameron

>
>
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Cameron Jones <cmhjones@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Jose Antonio Illescas del Olmo <
>> jose.illescas@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Please consider add (optional) "accept" header to request concrete
>>> representations:
>>>
>>> Until now is necesary delegato on extension to download concrete
>>> representations:
>>>
>>> For example:
>>>
>>>    Now: <a href="/resource.pdf"/>
>>>    Proposed: <a href="/resource" accept="application/pdf"/>
>>>
>>>    Now: <a href="/resource.svg"/>
>>>    Proposed: <a href="/resource" accept="image/svg+xml"/>
>>>
>>>
>>> The same attribute "accept" can be applied for <forms>
>>>
>>>     <form method="get" action="/formula" accept="application/mathml+xml">
>>>     ...
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>
>>
>> This feature is available within the HTTP Form Extensions specification:
>>
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/form-http-extensions/
>>
>> You can configure a form using inputs which may override the standard
>> Accept header:
>>
>> <form method="GET" action="/formula">
>>     <input name="Accept" value="application/mathml+xml" type="hidden"
>> payload="_header"/>
>>     <button type="submit"/>
>> </form>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Cameron Jones
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Received on Wednesday, 18 June 2014 15:28:59 UTC