RE: about tv:

I think it fails the 'is it well defined?' test.

What would you do with something that has two tuners, for
example. Which one is the "current" TV channel?

If I get a TV URL on my PC over the web, but I have a TV
tuner on my PC, am I supposed to use the TV tuner's
current image? Since it's the TV-of-the-device?

Why not just have a locator that is "context:" whose meaning
is determined by the context of the document that embeds it.

It could be a private negotiation. I don't see any reason why
"tv:" adds any information, since there's no actual
information about the data located.

Larry
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: fin@visi.com [mailto:fin@visi.com]On Behalf Of Craig A. Finseth
> Sent: Monday, February 08, 1999 2:46 PM
> To: masinter@parc.xerox.com
> Cc: Philipp.Hoschka@sophia.inria.fr
> Subject: about tv:
> 
> 
> I have been participating in the W3C-URL and the ATSC working groups
> relating to URI/L/N usage.
> 
> It has been mentioned (by me and others) that the "tv:" usage in the
> Web TV URL scheme (not the "tv:#" or "tv:name", just the "tv:" usage
> itself) does not "qualify" as a URL scheme because it does not identify
> a globally unique resource.
> 
> Everyone that I know of agrees that the function is useful.  (The
> function being "put the current TV image in the background and/or a
> corner of the screen.)
> 
> Phil Hoschka referred me to you on this question.  He also suggested
> copying www-tv@w3.org on your reply.
> 
> Craig
>

Received on Wednesday, 10 February 1999 18:04:37 UTC