Re: WOFF and extended metadata

Christopher wrote:

> That's it. I wasn't proposing a "schema". My assumption, based on the question having been asked, was that XML validation (i.e. confirming the code in the block is valid XML) was already taking place. I think what you're saying is that that's not the case.

So perhaps we're in a situation of saying *if* an UA performs XML 
validation of the WOFF file and finds that either or both the metadata 
or private data is invalid, then...

I agree with Christopher that the preferable result in that case would 
be that the whole WOFF file is considered invalid and should not be 
used. If a font fails to display, that's then a signal that there is 
something wrong with the WOFF file, which can then be fixed, rather than 
a file with invalid data being persistently served.

JH

Received on Thursday, 20 May 2010 06:07:02 UTC