html5/spec Overview.html,1.4560,1.4561

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ref rfc2397 where appropriate (whatwg r5693)

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@@ -2412,7 +2412,8 @@
   specification that defines the resource's format. For CSS resources,
   only <code title="">@import</code> rules introduce <a href="#critical-subresources">critical
   subresources</a>; other resources, e.g. fonts or backgrounds, are
-  not.<h4 id="xml"><span class="secno">2.1.2 </span>XML</h4><p id="html-namespace">To ease migration from HTML to XHTML, UAs
+  not.<p>The term <dfn id="data-protocol" title="data protocol"><code title="">data:</code>
+  URL</dfn> refers to <a href="#url" title="URL">URLs</a> that use the <code title="">data:</code> scheme. <a href="#refsRFC2397">[RFC2397]</a><h4 id="xml"><span class="secno">2.1.2 </span>XML</h4><p id="html-namespace">To ease migration from HTML to XHTML, UAs
   conforming to this specification will place elements in HTML in the
   <code>http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml</code> namespace, at least for
   the purposes of the DOM and CSS. The term "<dfn id="html-elements">HTML
@@ -25693,8 +25694,7 @@
 
    <dd>
 
-    <p>Returns a <code title="">data:</code> URL for the image in the
-    canvas.</p>
+    <p>Returns a <a href="#data-protocol" title="data protocol"><code title="">data:</code> URL</a> for the image in the canvas.</p>
 
     <p>The first argument, if provided, controls the type of the image
     to be returned (e.g. PNG or JPEG). The default is <code title="">image/png</code>; that type is also used if the given
@@ -25707,17 +25707,20 @@
   </dl><div class="impl">
 
   <p>The <dfn id="dom-canvas-todataurl" title="dom-canvas-toDataURL"><code>toDataURL()</code></dfn> method
-  must, when called with no arguments, return a <code title="">data:</code> URL containing a representation of the image
-  as a PNG file. <a href="#refsPNG">[PNG]</a></p>
+  must, when called with no arguments, return a <a href="#data-protocol" title="data
+  protocol"><code title="">data:</code> URL</a> containing a
+  representation of the image as a PNG file. <a href="#refsPNG">[PNG]</a> <a href="#refsRFC2397">[RFC2397]</a></p>
 
   <p>If the canvas has no pixels (i.e. either its horizontal dimension
   or its vertical dimension is zero) then the method must return the
-  string "<code title="">data:,</code>". (This is the shortest <code title="">data:</code> URL; it represents the empty string in a <code title="">text/plain</code> resource.)</p>
+  string "<code title="">data:,</code>". (This is the shortest <a href="#data-protocol" title="data protocol"><code title="">data:</code> URL</a>; it
+  represents the empty string in a <code title="">text/plain</code>
+  resource.)</p>
 
   <p>When the <code title="dom-canvas-toDataURL"><a href="#dom-canvas-todataurl">toDataURL(<var title="">type</var>)</a></code> method is called with one <em>or
-  more</em> arguments, it must return a <code title="">data:</code>
-  URL containing a representation of the image in the format given by
-  <var title="">type</var>. The possible values are <a href="#mime-type" title="MIME
+  more</em> arguments, it must return a <a href="#data-protocol" title="data
+  protocol"><code title="">data:</code> URL</a> containing a
+  representation of the image in the format given by <var title="">type</var>. The possible values are <a href="#mime-type" title="MIME
   type">MIME types</a> with no parameters, for example
   <code>image/png</code>, <code>image/jpeg</code>, or even maybe
   <code>image/svg+xml</code> if the implementation actually keeps
@@ -25727,15 +25730,17 @@
   <p>For image types that do not support an alpha channel, the image
   must be composited onto a solid black background using the
   source-over operator, and the resulting image must be the one used
-  to create the <code title="">data:</code> URL.</p>
+  to create the <a href="#data-protocol" title="data protocol"><code title="">data:</code> URL</a>.</p>
 
   <p>Only support for <code>image/png</code> is required. User agents
   may support other types. If the user agent does not support the
   requested type, it must return the image using the PNG format.</p>
 
-  <p>User agents must <a href="#converted-to-ascii-lowercase" title="converted to ASCII lowercase">convert the
-  provided type to ASCII lowercase</a> before establishing if they
-  support that type and before creating the <code title="">data:</code> URL.</p>
+  <p>User agents must <a href="#converted-to-ascii-lowercase" title="converted to ASCII
+  lowercase">convert the provided type to ASCII lowercase</a>
+  before establishing if they support that type and before creating
+  the <a href="#data-protocol" title="data protocol"><code title="">data:</code>
+  URL</a>.</p>
 
   </div><p class="note">When trying to use types other than
   <code>image/png</code>, authors can check if the image was really
@@ -25771,6 +25776,10 @@
   more carefully control compression settings, image metadata,
   etc.</p>
 
+  <!-- should we explicitly require the URL to be base64-encoded and
+  not have any parameters, to ensure the same exact URL is generated
+  in each browser? -->
+
   </div><div class="impl">
 
   <h5 id="color-spaces-and-color-correction"><span class="secno">4.8.11.1 </span>Color spaces and color correction</h5>
@@ -37974,9 +37983,10 @@
       resulting escaped string. <a href="#refsRFC3986">[RFC3986]</a></p>
 
       <p><a href="#navigate">Navigate</a><!--DONAV form--> <var title="">target
-      browsing context</var> to the potentially modified <var title="">action</var>. If <var title="">replace</var> is true,
-      then <var title="">target browsing context</var> must be
-      navigated with <a href="#replacement-enabled">replacement enabled</a>.</p>
+      browsing context</var> to the potentially modified <var title="">action</var> (which will be a <a href="#data-protocol" title="data
+      protocol"><code title="">data:</code> URL</a>). If <var title="">replace</var> is true, then <var title="">target
+      browsing context</var> must be navigated with <a href="#replacement-enabled">replacement
+      enabled</a>.</p>
 
      </dd>
 
@@ -42533,17 +42543,20 @@
 
 
      <dt>If a <code><a href="#document">Document</a></code> or image was generated from a
-     <code title="">data:</code> URL that was returned as the location
-     of an HTTP redirect (<a href="#concept-http-equivalent-codes" title="concept-http-equivalent-codes">or equivalent</a> in
-     other protocols)</dt>
+     <a href="#data-protocol" title="data protocol"><code title="">data:</code>
+     URL</a> that was returned as the location of an HTTP redirect
+     (<a href="#concept-http-equivalent-codes" title="concept-http-equivalent-codes">or equivalent</a>
+     in other protocols)</dt>
 
      <dd>The <a href="#origin">origin</a> is the <a href="#origin">origin</a> of the
-     <a href="#url">URL</a> that redirected to the <code title="">data:</code> URL.</dd>
+     <a href="#url">URL</a> that redirected to the <a href="#data-protocol" title="data
+     protocol"><code title="">data:</code> URL</a>.</dd>
 
 
      <dt>If a <code><a href="#document">Document</a></code> or image was generated from a
-     <code title="">data:</code> URL found in another
-     <code><a href="#document">Document</a></code> or in a script</dt>
+     <a href="#data-protocol" title="data protocol"><code title="">data:</code>
+     URL</a> found in another <code><a href="#document">Document</a></code> or in a
+     script</dt>
 
      <dd>The <a href="#origin">origin</a> is the <a href="#origin">origin</a> of the
      <code><a href="#document">Document</a></code> or script that initiated the <a href="#navigate" title="navigate">navigation</a> to that <a href="#url">URL</a>.</dd>
@@ -42566,8 +42579,8 @@
 
 
      <dt>If a <code><a href="#document">Document</a></code> or image was obtained in some
-     other manner (e.g. a <code title="">data:</code> URL typed in by
-     the user, a <code><a href="#document">Document</a></code> created using the <code title="dom-DOMImplementation-createDocument"><a href="#dom-domimplementation-createdocument">createDocument()</a></code>
+     other manner (e.g. a <a href="#data-protocol" title="data protocol"><code title="">data:</code> URL</a> typed in by the user, a
+     <code><a href="#document">Document</a></code> created using the <code title="dom-DOMImplementation-createDocument"><a href="#dom-domimplementation-createdocument">createDocument()</a></code>
      API, etc)</dt>
 
      <dd>The <a href="#origin">origin</a> is a globally unique identifier
@@ -70560,6 +70573,10 @@
    <dd><cite><a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2388">Returning Values from
    Forms: multipart/form-data</a></cite>, L. Masinter. IETF.</dd>
 
+   <dt id="refsRFC2397">[RFC2397]</dt>
+   <dd><cite><a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2397">The "data"
+   URL scheme</a></cite>, L. Masinter. IETF.</dd>
+
    <dt id="refsRFC2425">[RFC2425]</dt>
    <dd><cite><a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2425">A MIME
    Content-Type for Directory Information</a></cite>, T. Howes,
@@ -71217,6 +71234,7 @@
   Paul Norman,
   Per-Erik Brodin,
   Perry Smith,
+  Peter Beverloo,
   Peter Karlsson,
   Peter Kasting,
   Peter Stark,

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