- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:11:09 -0500
- To: Hon Lau <Hon.Lau@MobileAware.com>
- CC: "'www-html-editor@w3.org'" <www-html-editor@w3.org>
Hon Lau wrote: > > Folks, > > Just a quick question on object tags in the XHTML1.0 that I hope someone > would be able to answer . > In both the Transitional and Stict DTD, it is valid to put object tags > inside of the head element (see extract below...) > > I believe that the contents of the head document does not get rendered > inside the browser window, > so this begs the question of why the object element is specifically allowed > inside the head element? > What value does this provide? There's an example in the HTML 4 spec about "sharing data among frames" [1], where an object element appearing in the head of the document may be referenced from any frame (e.g., from a script). _ Ian [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/present/frames.html#sharing-frame-data > <!--================ Document Head > =======================================--> > > <!ENTITY % head.misc "(script|style|meta|link|object)*"> > > <!-- content model is %head.misc; combined with a single > title and an optional base element in any order --> > > <!ELEMENT head (%head.misc;, > ((title, %head.misc;, (base, %head.misc;)?) | > (base, %head.misc;, (title, %head.misc;))))> > > <!ATTLIST head > %i18n; > profile %URI; #IMPLIED > > > > If anyone could provide an answer to it would be much appreciated. > > Cheers, > > Hon > > hlau@mobileaware.com -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel: +1 831 457-2842 Cell: +1 917 450-8783
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