Re: about the OBJECT tab from Paul Prescod on 1996-10-04 (www-html@w3.org from October 1996)

From: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 1996 11:29:44 -0400
To: www-html@w3.org
Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19961004152944.0087e960@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>

At 09:01 AM 10/4/96 -0400, Fred L. Drake wrote:
>I'm very uncomfortable with the
>example-based description of OBJECT in the WD-object draft.  Perhaps
>requiring in the specification that at least one of CLASSID, CODETYPE,
>or TYPE be specified would help.

Often the HTTP mime type of the fetched object would be sufficient to figure
out what binary plug-in to use.

 Paul Prescod

Received on Friday, 4 October 1996 11:34:51 UTC