- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 21:55:18 -0600
- To: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- CC: www-html-editor@w3.org
Ian Jacobs wrote: > Dan, can you propose how to clear this up? Er.. I thougt i did: change this: > Dan Connolly wrote: > > ======== > > http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-html40-19980424/struct/links.html#adef-type-A > > > > type = content-type [CI] > > When present, this attribute specifies the content type of a piece > > of > > content, for example, the result of dereferencing a URI. Content > > types > > are defined in [MIMETYPES]. > > ======== > > > > The same text occurs at > > http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/PR-html40-19990824/struct/links.html#adef-type-A to (something like) this: > [snip] > > My recollection is that type="..." is advisory: it helps user agents > > optimize for the case that they don't know the relevant media type, > > so they can skip fetching the thing. So it would be odd for it > > to be mandatory. But sure enough! it is: So... gluing it all together: type = content-type [CI] the type attribute gives an advisory hint as to the Internet Media Type of the content available at the link target address. It allows user agents to opt to use a fallback mechanism rather than fetch the content if they are advised that they will get content in an Internet Media Type they do not support. Authors who use this attribute take responsibility to manage the risk that it may become inconsistent with the content available at the link target address. [you could go into detail with an example, if you like.] -- Dan Connolly tel:+1-512-310-2971 http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
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