Re: Explicit vs Implicit URIs (aka "blanket statements or not")

Carlos Iglesias wrote:
> Maybe. From WCAG2 Conformance section [1]:
> 
> <blockquote>
> If multiple representations can be retrieved from a URI through content
> negotiation, then the conformance claim would be for the Web unit that
> is returned when no negotiation is conducted (unless the server returns
 > an error for that condition, in which case one of the negotiated forms
 > must comply)
> </blockquote>

Situation: A server is configured to serve
* an XHTML version,
* an HTML version, or
* an SVG version
accoding to the clients capabilities mentioned in the Accept header. 
Which version is used for the conformance claim? Is is a version that 
would be served when no Accept header was sent? Even then content 
negotiation is conducted.

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Received on Tuesday, 9 May 2006 21:32:07 UTC