Andrew Daviel wrote:
>On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Jon Knight wrote:
>
>>
>> <!ELEMENT META - O EMPTY -- Generic Metainformation -->
>> <!ATTLIST META
>> http-equiv NAME #IMPLIED -- HTTP response header name --
>> name CDATA #IMPLIED -- metainformation name --
>> scheme CDATA #IMPLIED -- scheme qualifier --
>> type CDATA #IMPLIED -- type qualifier --
>> content CDATA #REQUIRED -- associated information --
>> >
>>
>
>Has HTTP-EQUIV been discussed ?
>
>My understanding was that HTTP-EQUIV meant that an HTTP header
>of the same name could be used to encode the same information,
>which (IMO) means that there should be
>some discussion with the HTTP working group; there are now (in HTTP/1.1)
>even more headers with specific meaning and syntax, e.g. "Expires",
>"Content-Language", "Location", "Warning".
>
>To be sure, having some metadata available in HTTP headers is useful
>and allows metadata to be associated with non-text resources such as
>images. I'd vote for optionally using a Link header to point to rich
>metadata, though, so as not to overburden the HTTP HEAD request. It's
>a bit daft to include 10kb of rights information, etc. in a request of
>a 300 byte icon.
>
>...
I believe the above is based on a misunderstanding. HTML 3.2 says:
<!ELEMENT META - O EMPTY -- Generic Metainformation -->
<!ATTLIST META
http-equiv NAME #IMPLIED -- HTTP response header name --
name NAME #IMPLIED -- metainformation name --
content CDATA #REQUIRED -- associated information --
>
Jon was suggesting the above be enhanced to:
<!ELEMENT META - O EMPTY -- Generic Metainformation -->
<!ATTLIST META
http-equiv NAME #IMPLIED -- HTTP response header name --
name CDATA #IMPLIED -- metainformation name --
scheme CDATA #IMPLIED -- scheme qualifier --
lang CDATA #IMPLIED -- lang qualifier --
content CDATA #REQUIRED -- associated information --
>
The "http-equiv" entry simply specifies that the meta tag can take the
http-equiv attribute, eg:
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
There is no implied relationship with DC.
Misha
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