- From: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 07:55:40 -0700 (PDT)
- To: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org, Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>, Daniel Glazman <daniel.glazman@disruptive-innovations.com>, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
"Sam Ruby" <rubys@intertwingly.net> wrote: > > 1) Serving XHTML+SVG or XHTML+MathML or XHTML+SVG+MathML content as > > application/xhtml+xml to Gecko, WebKit, Presto and > > Trident+MathPlayer > > but serving the same bytes as text/html to Trident (sans > > MathPlayer) > > in order to be able to use SVG and/or MathML inline where supported > > but allowing the users of unextended IE still read the (X)HTML > > content of the document. > > > > 2) Serving application/xhtml+xml that doesn't use any non-HTML > > features as Gecko, WebKit and Presto as a matter of pro-XML > > principle > > but serving the same bytes to Trident as text/html because the > > author's pro-XML principle doesn't go far enough to exclude IE > > users > > from his/her audience. > > > > 3) Serving content as text/html but using an XML parser to process > > the content in a non-browser scenario where the party operating the > > XML parser has the power to make the publisher supply the content > > in > > a form that is safe for XML parsers. > > > > Leif, are there additional use cases that I'm missing? > > As someone who serves content as application/xhtml+xml to browsers > that > support it, and the same content as text/html to browsers that don't, > none of the descriptions above resonate with me. Perhaps it is > because > of manner in which you chose to express these cases. In my thinking, your blog and planet were instances of case #1. What part of the description of #1 doesn't resonate with you? > As for me, I simply want to be conservative in what I send. This is > the > first half of the robustness principle. This enables people who have > off-the shelf xml parsers to process my pages. Not because they hold > any special power over me, but simply because I enabled it. Interesting. I hadn't thought of your site of being an instance of case #3 (without the power part). Do you know if people actually process your pages (as opposed to your feeds) using off-the-shelf XML parsers without any prior arrangement with you? -- Henri Sivonen hsivonen@iki.fi http://hsivonen.iki.fi/
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