- From: Alex Rousskov <rousskov@measurement-factory.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 11:44:08 -0600 (MDT)
- To: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
- cc: www-qa@w3.org
On Mon, 15 Oct 2001, Al Gilman wrote: > If the protocol doesn't return a .svg from the server when the > server has both and the client requests a .gif with an 'accept' > heading that prefers .svg, then the protocol is broken. The > server should know when it has eqivalents for the .gif URI and > what they are. That's a basic accessibility requirement. One could argue that the accessibility requirement relying on a single URI to represent two distinct resources is broken. IMO, a solution that leaves HTTP alone [and simple] would be much cleaner. It is probably too late for that, unfortunately. Alex.
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