- From: T. Joseph W. Lazio <lazio@spacenet.tn.cornell.edu>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 11:45:18 -0500
- To: macarthr@w3.org.bert@w3.org
- Cc: w3c-tech@w3.org, www-talk@w3.org, www-html@w3.org
One question about these predefined symbols, <URL:http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/TR/WD-wwwicn>: Both &binhex.document; and &uuencoded.document; are defined. Is there a reason not to have a more general description, like &encoded.document;? I can see at least one pro and con: Con: Lazy authors, or those who didn't know any better, might use &encoded.document; without telling the reader how it was encoded. Also automatic directory indexing software might not be as informative. Pro: More general, if another encoding mechanism becomes popular, another entity doesn't have to be added. Also, if a suitable name was chosen, couldn't encrypted documents be described by this entity as well? -- Joseph
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