Re: Accept atribute on forms and links

Anchors are GETing resources, resources has many representations (html,
pdf, png, txt)

   I would like to request custom representation (for example pdf) on link
or form without using the ugly extension mechanism (*.pdf)

And rely on server content negotiation... yes also I like to specify a list
of preferred representations (not only one)

   image/png, image/jpg, image/gif, image/svg-xml  (this is my list of
preferred representations, or mime-types, and I don't like any other image
format)


On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Cameron Jones <cmhjones@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>