- From: Rigo Wenning <rigo@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 19:27:26 +0200
- To: Thomas.Hubbard@nokia.com
- Cc: www-p3p-public-comments@w3.org
This was suggested already by Yves Lafon, discussed within the Specification-WG and rejected. The reason is, that content negotiation doesn't really work. But it make's implementation still more difficult. We have to discuss this issue further before the end of last-call. Best, Rigo Rigo Wenning Policy Analyst INRIA Technology and Society 2004, Route des Lucioles World Wide Web Consortium 06902 Sophia-Antipolis Tel: +33 (0)4 92 38 75 74 Fax: +33 (0)4 92 38 78 22 Mail: rigo@w3.org http://www.w3.org/ On Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 10:11:51AM -0500, Thomas.Hubbard@nokia.com wrote: > Hi, > > Ya know, if the Policy document had a content-type other than text/xml then, > using HTTP content negotiation, P3P could be turned on and off. Which does > at least two things. First, it tells the server the client does not > understand P3P and please omit sending all those useless headers. Second, > it indicates to the server that some other mechanism should be used to > negotiate a policy and/or inform the client what is going on with her > private data. > > tom. > > > --------------------------------------------- > Thomas Hubbard,[thomas.hubbard@nokia.com] > Nokia Research Center > +1 (781) 929-1008 >
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