"Andrew" == Andrew Welch <ajwelch(_at_)piper-group(_dot_)com> writes:
>> But in practice you are right - it IS fantasy to hope for user
>> agents to follow the standards.
Andrew> :) Maybe that's a good description of the original Nokia
Andrew> 7110 browser...
Andrew> I wasn't in any way being critical of mobile devices /
Andrew> browsers not complying with the standard (as I think you
Andrew> are)
You are right - I am. What's the point of "implementing" a standard in
a way that doesn't comply with it?
Andrew> are), I was suggesting whoever wrote the spec was in
James Clark was the Editor.
Andrew> fantasy land when they conceived the xml-stylesheet PI and
Andrew> its media type attribute - it was a bit naïve to expect
Andrew> any mobile device to look for the PI with a 'handheld'
Andrew> media type, perform the transformation itself, and then
Andrew> get this univeral 'handheld' markup back that looks great
Andrew> on all mobile devices....
Why is this naive? If a handheld device is going to the trouble of
looking up an xml-stylesheet PI and performing the transformation,
then it's trivial (compared with the step of performing the
transformation) to select the right one.
Andrew> The whole idea of associating a stylesheet with an XML
Andrew> document by hard-coding it into the XML is wrong
It certainly isn't wrong - it's an excellent idea, enabling clients to
offload work from busy servers
Andrew> it's a practice best avoided.
This is harder to argue against, given the lamentable state of
existing implementations.
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Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire
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