The REAL proposal for addition to HTML 3.0: EMBED

Darn. I blew it. I sent the wrong specs in. The definitions of that last mail 
were obsolete. This email contains the real definitions that we wish to propose. 
Please spindle and mutilate the previous email on this subject. I apologize for 
wasting your time on a truly idiotic error.

What is different? In making sure that EMBED implementations would be 
sufficiently backwards-compatible, we decided to propose EMBED as a container, 
with an optional NOEMBED container inside of it.

AVE
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This is the second in a set of proposals that Netscape is submitting for
consideration by IETF and W3.

Note: We are holding off on submitting officially to the RFC Editor until we can
work up some adequate DTD ATTLIST and ELEMENT definitions. Actually, we're
looking around a bit for DTD experts...

To respond at an admittedly superficial level to several issues recently raised
about Netscape's support for EMBED:

We believe that there is some justification in increasing the size and
redundancy of the specification if the result will be specific enhanced
usability. To this end, we think that EMBED is more straightforward and more
easily understood and implemented by the <em>average</em> content developer than
the proposed alternative to provide REL support for A tags. We're not holding
ourselves up to be some grand altruistic bunch of usability-zealots. We merely
believe that in this particular case, the proposal here is appropriate.

Additional marketing-oriented material that shows a specific implementation of
EMBED is available at:
http://home.mcom.com/comprod/products/navigator/version_2.0/plugins/index.html

Thanks,
Alex Edelstein



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INTERNET-DRAFT                      John Giannandrea
                                    Netscape Communications Corp.
Expires SIX MONTHS FROM--->         September 19, 1995

      A Proposed Extension to HTML: Embed

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Abstract

EMBED allows for the embedding of arbitary objects.
     


Description

EMBED is a container that allows the insertion of arbitrary objects directly 
into an HTML page. Embedded objects are supported by application-specific 
plug-ins.EMBED can take arbitrary attributes.

The following general attributes are defined on EMBED:
SRC (required) - Specifies source URL.

HEIGHT - The object's image will be scaled to fit the specified height
and width.

WIDTH - The object's image will be scaled to fit the specified height
and width.

NOEMBED - The EMBED container can contain a NOEMBED container, the contents of 
which are ignored by EMBED-compliant implementations. 




Authors Address
HTML Authorship Effort
C/O Alex Edelstein, Product Manager - Non-Stinky Cheese Products
Netscape Communications Corp.
501 E. Middlefield Rd.
Mountain View, CA 94301

alexed@netscape.com


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Alex Edelstein
Sr. Product Manager, Netscape Navigator
Netscape Communications Corp.


Viva Cheddar



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Alex Edelstein
Sr. Product Manager, Netscape Navigator
Netscape Communications Corp.


Viva Cheddar

Received on Tuesday, 19 September 1995 23:54:13 UTC