- From: Rainer Klute <klute@nads.de>
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 15:55:49 +0000
- To: Abigail <abigail@tungsten.gn.iaf.nl>, www-html@w3.org
- Cc: "Rainer Klute" <klute@nads.de>
>++ <insert
>++ type="text/html"
>++ data="http://www.mysite.com/path/file.html"
>++ >
>++ </insert>
>++
>++ If it isn't possible, wouldn't this be a worthwhile extension to the
>++ <INSERT> capability?
>
>I do not think so. Using the http protocol, it is the _server_ which
>gives out the information about the document type. What should
>a user agent do if the <insert> type says 'image/gif', but
>the server gives 'image/jpg'? What if the type isn't fixed in advance?
>How would you do it with content negotiation?
I think the original approach fits very well with content
negotiation. The attribute type="text/html" is indeed a content
negotiation, since the client requests a piece of data in
text/html format. If the server couldn't deliver it in the
requested format it shouldn't deliver anything.
One could even extend the proposal to allow things like
type="text/html, text/plain" requesting text in HTML or plain
format. Or consider type="image/*" (any image type) type="*/*"
(insert whatever is there).
Best regards
Rainer Klute
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Received on Tuesday, 19 March 1996 12:45:33 UTC