[html4all] [html4all.org] Content-type negotiation as an alternative to ALT, LONGDESC and fallback

[Philip TAYLOR]

Yes, I understand the problem, I just wonder whether
we (not "the advocates group", more "the world")
are making a rod for our own backs, in "allowing"
HTML to be served in this way.  It would be
interesting to go back to the earliest design
decisions and see whether there was an assumption
that it would always be HTML-over-HTTP, or whether
right from the outset HTML was seen to be protocol-
neutral.

** Phil.
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Jason White wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 26, 2007 at 10:03:29AM +0100, Philip TAYLOR wrote:
>> Agreed (though I frequently wonder whether this separation
>> of protocol from content is sub-optimal in this case)
> 
> Perhaps so, but the number of HTML documents residing on my local file system
> at the moment suggests that it is a very real issue: software documentation,
> books from various sources, etc., collectively amount to a substantial number
> of megabytes.
> 
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