hixie: it's not the MIME type of the plugin, per se, just a MIME type the plugin claims to support. (whatwg r4706)

hixie: it's not the MIME type of the plugin, per se, just a MIME type
the plugin claims to support. (whatwg r4706)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.3756&r2=1.3757&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=4705&to=4706

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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
retrieving revision 1.3756
retrieving revision 1.3757
diff -u -d -r1.3756 -r1.3757
--- Overview.html 13 Feb 2010 12:47:39 -0000 1.3756
+++ Overview.html 13 Feb 2010 12:51:01 -0000 1.3757
@@ -17491,14 +17491,12 @@
   or interactive content.<p>The <dfn id="attr-embed-src" title="attr-embed-src"><code>src</code></dfn> attribute
   gives the address of the resource being embedded. The attribute, if
   present, must contain a <a href="#valid-url">valid URL</a>.<p>The <dfn id="attr-embed-type" title="attr-embed-type"><code>type</code></dfn>
-  attribute, if present, gives the <a href="#mime-type">MIME type</a> of the
-  plugin to instantiate. The value must be a <a href="#valid-mime-type">valid MIME
-  type</a>. If both the <code title="attr-embed-type"><a href="#attr-embed-type">type</a></code>
-  attribute and the <code title="attr-embed-src"><a href="#attr-embed-src">src</a></code> attribute
-  are present, then the <code title="attr-embed-type"><a href="#attr-embed-type">type</a></code>
-  attribute must specify the same type as the <a href="#content-type" title="Content-Type">explicit Content-Type metadata</a> of the
-  resource given by the <code title="attr-embed-src"><a href="#attr-embed-src">src</a></code>
-  attribute.<div class="impl">
+  attribute, if present, gives the <a href="#mime-type">MIME type</a> by which the
+  plugin to instantiate is selected. The value must be a <a href="#valid-mime-type">valid
+  MIME type</a>. If both the <code title="attr-embed-type"><a href="#attr-embed-type">type</a></code> attribute and the <code title="attr-embed-src"><a href="#attr-embed-src">src</a></code> attribute are present, then the
+  <code title="attr-embed-type"><a href="#attr-embed-type">type</a></code> attribute must specify the
+  same type as the <a href="#content-type" title="Content-Type">explicit Content-Type
+  metadata</a> of the resource given by the <code title="attr-embed-src"><a href="#attr-embed-src">src</a></code> attribute.<div class="impl">
 
   <p>When the element is created with neither a <code title="attr-embed-src"><a href="#attr-embed-src">src</a></code> attribute nor a <code title="attr-embed-type"><a href="#attr-embed-type">type</a></code> attribute, and when attributes
   are removed such that neither attribute is present on the element

Received on Saturday, 13 February 2010 12:51:40 UTC