- From: Gareth Hay <gazhay@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:21:35 +0000
Are we speaking MIME type or tag here? Looking at the list of issued MIME types, it seems pdf and ogg can fall under this category. Under these conditions, I would imagine that <application> would be a download, where the author wants you to get the content, as opposed to stream it or view it in-place. On 21 Mar 2007, at 19:50, Martin Atkins wrote: > Gareth Hay wrote: >> This is a bit of a sideways step here, but why not make tags >> reflect MIME type, >> e.g. >> <image> image/* >> <video> video/* >> <application> application/* >> <audio> audio/* >> That way we have a clear identification of what is going to be in >> the tag, API's can be tailored sufficiently for each one. >> Each tag can have appropriate fallback also. >> Just a thought, and it gets us out of the <object> hole. > > What do you imagine "application" being used for? > > The "application" type category is pretty-much just "miscellaneous". > >
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