- From: Abigail <abigail@tungsten.gn.iaf.nl>
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 19:16:16 +0100 (MET)
- To: www-html@w3.org
Rainer Klute wrote: ++ ++ >++ <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. But that's just _against_ content negotiation. With content negotiation, the client tells the server which types it can accept, or prefers to have. What's the point of telling the client to ask for which type? Then there is nothing left to negotiate. Abigail -- <URL: http://www.edbo.com/abigail/> (Changed)
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