- From: Rigo Wenning <rigo@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:12:03 +0200
- To: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Cc: public-tracking@w3.org, "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>, Nicholas Doty <npdoty@w3.org>
David, On Tuesday 18 September 2012 09:45:17 David Singer wrote: > > This creates a conflict with pre-existing preferences > > (web-wide). > > Why? > > I think if you read the spec., it's clear what header gets sent. I see your logic: web-wide (or/or) site-wide DNT:0 I wrote and erased text. The only possible conflict is when there are explicit/explicit exception/permission pairs. As we do not allow for that anymore, the use case is gone. > > > We > > either need a rule to override them (1) or we need a means for > > the site to respect them(2). > > > > > > > > (1) I would suggest to follow the more than thousand year old > > rule that the specific trumps the general (roman rule). Means > > a site-wide exception or DNT:1 would trump all web-wide > > preferences. This is a very simple rule for Browsers. > > Exceptions trump general preference, in general. This is another word for specific trumps general. So we have violent agreement. Done Rigo
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