On Tuesday, May 8, 2007, 12:19:30 PM, Anne wrote: AvK> On Tue, 08 May 2007 11:49:17 +0200, Stewart Brodie AvK> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I don't see why HTTP is mandatory either, to be honest, although I accept >> that that's what most scripts will use it for.
AvK> The problem is that things are not very well defined for non-HTTP thingies AvK> at the moment. If at some point we get a more protocol neutral version of AvK> the specification I think it would make sense to reconsider this AvK> particular statement within the conformance criteria, yes. I agree with Anne. In particular, SVG WG already went that route - starting with an http-only thing, then attempting to genericise it but ending up with something that worked with any protocol, as long as that protocol worked exactly like http :) To be fair, there are any number of those, like itunes: and worldwinds: and so forth; webarch says not to do that. -- Chris Lilley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Interaction Domain Leader Co-Chair, W3C SVG Working Group W3C Graphics Activity Lead Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG
