Re: [Bug 5776] New: Authors need more control over handling of embedded resources

Sorry for the mixup, but this bug[1] should have read "embedded  
resources" rather than "linked resources" It is related to bug #5773  
[2] which is about linked resources, but different since it deals with  
embedded resources and how they get processed by the UA.

Take care,
Rob


[1]: Author control over embedded resources  <http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=5776 
 >
[2]: Author control over linked resources <http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=5773 
 >

On Jun 20, 2008, at 2:50 PM, bugzilla@wiggum.w3.org wrote:


http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=5776

         Summary: Authors need more control over handling of linked
                  resources
         Product: HTML WG
         Version: unspecified
        Platform: All
             URL: http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/ 
LinkAndEmbeddingAttributes
      OS/Version: All
          Status: NEW
        Severity: normal
        Priority: P2
       Component: Spec proposals
      AssignedTo: dave.null@w3.org
      ReportedBy: rob@robburns.com
       QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
              CC: ian@hixie.ch, mike@w3.org, public-html@w3.org


* Authors may want to treat a resource as a type for embedding or  
linking
different than the resource’s intrinsic type
* HTTP attempted to provide some solutions especially for tailoring the
processing of content to an authors needs, however:
  - because of the history of server-side and client-side http UAs, the
content-type headers no longer serve this purpose
  - any HTTP solution may not be available to all HTML authors: i.e.,  
those
who have no access to configure the server or are not using an HTTP  
server for
delivery
  - providing an HTML solution permits a single resource with only one
representation to be processed in various ways while an HTTP solution  
requires
either duplicating the resource or providing a symbolic or hard  
linking the
same resource to provide different HTTP header metadata which may  
require
additional network traffic as well
  - new headers could be added to HTTP, but it still would not provide  
an
HTML internal solution

Some attribute allowing authors to fine-tune the handling would be  
ideal. For
example an HTML tutorial might include side-by-side iframe elements  
loading the
same resource: one as text/html and one as text/plain.

(see http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/LinkAndEmbeddingAttributes for  
evolving
solution proposals)

[author issue, minor added implementation, attribute only solution]


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Received on Friday, 20 June 2008 16:57:58 UTC