- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:05:41 +0100
- To: Charles Pritchard <chuck@jumis.com>
- CC: public-webapps@w3.org
On 2011-10-31 20:20, Charles Pritchard wrote: > On 10/31/11 11:34 AM, Boris Zbarsky wrote: >> On 10/31/11 1:42 PM, Charles Pritchard wrote: >>> I'm almost certain that somewhere, it is specified that the browser >>> should sniff the first few bytes of the file to see >>> if it is compressed. >> >> I don't believe it is. In fact, doing that would contradict the specs >> as they stand, to my knowledge. >> >> I could be wrong, of course, but in that case citation needed... >> >> -Boris >> > Well I've failed to find a citation. I will post one if I find it. > > In the meantime: Blob and Data uris can and should have sniffing for > image/svg+xml. > ... Nope. If you need gzipped SVG in data URIs, the right thing to do is to either extend data URIs to support that, or to mint a separate media type. Best regards, Julian
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