- From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 21:17:57 PDT
- To: <simon@arch.sel.sony.com>
- Cc: <www-tv@w3.org>, "Philipp Hoschka" <Philipp.Hoschka@sophia.inria.fr>, "Rodger Lea" <rodger@arch.sel.sony.com>
There are a variety of other ways of accomplishing the same results, that are, perhaps, more common. For example, it's common to have an embedded object, where the object itself sets up the context and content of the embedded display. E.g., the HTML file just contains a "file:" or "http:" or whatever URL, and the object that is retrieved contains all of the parameters, configuration, tuning elements, display manipulation, etc. for connecting to the local or remote device. It's rare that new applicaitons actually need a new _URL scheme_. Maybe you just need a MIME type which is 'application/local-device-controller' or even 'application/vnd.sony.controller'. I'm just trying to understand which kind of 'resource location' problem you're solving by having a non-uniform "uniform resource locator". I'm not trying to argue you out of having a TV scheme, just to push back so that the requirements are made clearer. Larry -- http://www.parc.xerox.com/masinter
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