Re: Cougar DTD: Do not use CDATA declared content for SCRIPT

galactus@stack.urc.tue.nl (Arnoud "Galactus" Engelfriet) wrote:
>[...]
>> 3) Allow scripts to be included by external reference:
>> 
>> 	<SCRIPT SRC="http://www.foo.com/myscript.js"></SCRIPT>
>
>Very good idea!  I'll second this.  We now get the "inline vs SRC" debate
>again, especially since <SCRIPT> is a container and not an empty element.
>People will still want to inline small scripts, so how do you propose
>we declare the contents of <SCRIPT> with the above addition?

	<SCRIPT SRC="data:..."></SCRIPT>

	See:

   http://ds.internic.net/internet-drafts/draft-masinter-url-data-01.txt

The "data:" URL scheme is in "last call" in the IESG, so quick, help
make it perfect.  My reading of HTML 3.2/Cougar, rightly or or wrongly,
is that the above is encompassed, and IE 3.0 has implemented the "data:"
URL scheme (for OBJECT, at least; I presume also for SCRIPT).

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Received on Wednesday, 24 July 1996 08:05:31 UTC