- From: Elliotte Harold <elharo@metalab.unc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:21:55 -0800
- To: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- Cc: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, "Henry S. Thompson" <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk>, public-html <public-html@w3.org>, www-tag@w3.org
Boris Zbarsky wrote:
> Elliotte Harold wrote:
>>> data:text/xml,%3C?xml-stylesheet%20href=%22data:text/css,*{font-weight:bold}%22?%3E%3Croot%3Etext%20%3Couter%3Eouter%20%3Cinner%3Einner%3C/outer%3E
>>>
>>
>> Up to the application. Feed that URL to any app you like. The app
>> defines what should be done with it. Feed it to a browser, you'll get
>> one thing. Feed it to an app that wants to do somethint else, you'll
>> get something else.
>
> That's not acceptable from my point of view, basically.
>
Doesn't matter. It's what happens anyway.
The idea that the document producer has any ability or right to specify
the behavior of a consuming application is a fiction. Consumers will do
with the data you send them what seems best to them.
--
Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo@metalab.unc.edu
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