Re: Options for link extensibility

[Danny Ayers <danny.ayers@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 13:21:46 -0400, Robert Sayre <mint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Dare Obasanjo wrote:
> >
> > In practical terms, I want a description good enough
> > that I can write one chunk of code for dealing with
> > <link> elements and it can deal with all the link
> > elements that may show up either from the Atom WG or
> > as extensions in a consistent AND useful manner.
> >
> 
> OK. Let's examine the current practice. Here's what Mozilla does with
> unknown link elements:
> 
> http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/xpfe/browser/resources/content/linkToolbarHandler.js#165
> 
> It ignores any link that contains a @rel value that includes:
> 
> * stylesheet
> * icon
> * fontdef
> * p3pv
> * schema
> 
> So, roughly, the resource pointed to by the link should be a standalone
> resource that could replace the entry in a viewport, not information or
> metadata related to policy or display of the entry.

Which seems reasonable for a tool built around one big
document-oriented viewport. One of the notable features of Atom (and
RSS) is the way metadata is pushed into greater significance. Rather
different.

Cheers,
Danny.



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