Re: Multipart response support

On 29.03.2007, at 12:17, Henrik Dvergsdal wrote:
>> Can you please define what exactly you mean by multipart responses  
>> in HTML?  Everyone who has responded seems to understand but I  
>> still can't derive your meaning from the context.  Ideally, can  
>> you also provide a short little example?
>
> There is an article in wikipedia that explains the basic concepts:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIME
>
> HTML currently supports the MIME type multipart/form-data in HTTP  
> requests. This is primarily used to upload files.
>
> What I suggest is  to add support for the MIME type multipart/ 
> related (or perhaps multipart/mixed) in HTTP *response* messages.
>
> This would allow inclusion of scripts, stylesheets, media and other  
> types of resources in web pages/applications as attachments in a  
> single response so that they don't have to be downloaded separately.
>
> Within HTML we would need a syntax for refering to attached  
> resources rather than URL's. Maybe something like this: ... ?
>
> <img src="attached:apple.jpg"/>

How would the server attach the image? I don't seem to get it...

> * Media protection. By embedding media as attachments, users can  
> raise the barrier towards theft or abuse, especially if they are  
> also provided with mechanisms to disable right-clicking etc. in the  
> client.

-1

This should not be a valid argument for anything. Whatever is  
displayed on a screen can be copied and thus stolen.

Received on Thursday, 29 March 2007 10:22:15 UTC