- From: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 23:09:09 +0300
On Aug 26, 2004, at 17:20, Ave Wrigley wrote:
> Is it feasible to have the UEs update their lists dynamically? The ISO
> lists are hosted in a (fairly) reliable place. After all, this sort of
> thing is done for referencing standard DTDs in non-standalone XML
> pages.
Real-world Web browsers do not fetch the DTD from the network. They
either do not parse the DTD at all or use a *heavily* abridged local
DTD (ie. fake it). The local bogo-DTD is basically a list of entity
declarations.
The DTD stuff on the Web is mostly an illusion. I consider the way W3C
specs keep up the illusion harmful. ("Strictly conforming" and all that
stuff.)
As for country lists, I think the Way That Works(tm) is that the
country list comes from the server hosting the Web app. If you want to
have that easily, I think asking the Struts or Barracuda developers to
add it would be a better idea that including the data in the UA. Having
the data come from the Web app works with old browsers, too.
--
Henri Sivonen
hsivonen at iki.fi
http://iki.fi/hsivonen/
Received on Thursday, 26 August 2004 13:09:09 UTC