Re: Validation error from base 64 encoded data in an object element.

From: Philip Taylor <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 16:18:41 +0000
 > Could I ask you to clarify ...

Philip,

I was terse.  Here is an analogy.  Consider the
expression "house address".

If house is taken as an adjective, the expression means
"address of a house".

A more peculiar meaning is "address which is a house".
A person can not live in an address.  The statement
"I live in 321 Pirates Road" is peculiar while
"I live at 321 Pirates" is acceptable.

Normally I would take "data URI" to mean "a URI which
identifies data".  The alternative, "a URI which is data",
is peculiar but is the meaning in the object element.

 > Is there some part of this that is factually incorrect, ...

No.  The specification can assert that a "data URI" is to
be interpreted as a string of data.  If a reader has
difficulty, that's merely unfortunate.

Just for the record, my suggestion is to add an attribute
so that URI and data are distinct attributes.

Regards,            ... Peter E.

Received on Friday, 29 November 2013 18:32:29 UTC