[html5] r5921 - [giow] (0) revert r5836 per http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011 [...]

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Author: ianh
Date: 2011-02-28 16:18:41 -0800 (Mon, 28 Feb 2011)
New Revision: 5921

Modified:
   complete.html
   index
   source
Log:
[giow] (0) revert r5836 per http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Mar/0002.html
Fixing http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11984

Modified: complete.html
===================================================================
--- complete.html	2011-02-28 23:56:22 UTC (rev 5920)
+++ complete.html	2011-03-01 00:18:41 UTC (rev 5921)
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
 
   <header class=head id=head><p><a class=logo href=http://www.whatwg.org/ rel=home><img alt=WHATWG height=101 src=/images/logo width=101></a></p>
    <hgroup><h1>Web Applications 1.0</h1>
-    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard — Last Updated 28 February 2011</h2>
+    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard — Last Updated 1 March 2011</h2>
    </hgroup><p>You can take part in this work. <a href=http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list>Join the working group's discussion list.</a></p>
    <p><strong>Web designers!</strong> We have a <a href=http://blog.whatwg.org/faq/>FAQ</a>, a <a href=http://forums.whatwg.org/>forum</a>, and a <a href=http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list#help>help mailing list</a> for you!</p>
    <!--<p class="impl"><strong>Implementors!</strong> We have a <a href="http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list#implementors">mailing list</a> for you too!</p>-->
@@ -25871,6 +25871,22 @@
   not support, for example because it doesn't recognize the container
   type, or it doesn't support the listed codecs.</p>
 
+  <p>The <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a>
+  "<code>application/octet-stream</code>" with no parameters is never
+  <a href=#a-type-that-the-user-agent-knows-it-cannot-render>a type that the user agent knows it cannot render</a>. User
+  agents must treat that type as equivalent to the lack of any
+  explicit <a href=#content-type title=Content-Type>Content-Type metadata</a>
+  when it is used to label a potential <a href=#media-resource>media
+  resource</a>.</p>
+
+  <p class=note>In the absence of a <!-- pretty crazy -->
+  specification to the contrary, the <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a>
+  "<code>application/octet-stream</code>" when used <em>with</em>
+  parameters, e.g.
+  "<code>application/octet-stream;codecs=theora</code>", <em>is</em>
+  <a href=#a-type-that-the-user-agent-knows-it-cannot-render>a type that the user agent knows it cannot render</a>,
+  since that parameter is not defined for that type.</p>
+
   <dl class=domintro><dt><var title="">media</var> . <code title=dom-navigator-canPlayType><a href=#dom-navigator-canplaytype>canPlayType</a></code>(<var title="">type</var>)</dt>
 
    <dd>
@@ -25885,7 +25901,8 @@
 
   <p>The <dfn id=dom-navigator-canplaytype title=dom-navigator-canPlayType><code>canPlayType(<var title="">type</var>)</code></dfn> method must return the empty
   string if <var title="">type</var> is <a href=#a-type-that-the-user-agent-knows-it-cannot-render>a type that the user
-  agent knows it cannot render</a>; it must return "<code title="">probably</code>" if the user agent is confident that the
+  agent knows it cannot render</a> or is the type
+  "<code>application/octet-stream</code>"; it must return "<code title="">probably</code>" if the user agent is confident that the
   type represents a <a href=#media-resource>media resource</a> that it can render if
   used in with this <code><a href=#audio>audio</a></code> or <code><a href=#video>video</a></code> element;
   and it must return "<code title="">maybe</code>" otherwise.
@@ -26450,6 +26467,13 @@
      to network errors, causing the user agent to give up trying to
      fetch the resource</dt>
 
+     <dt>If the <a href=#media-resource>media resource</a> is found to have <a href=#content-type title=Content-Type>Content-Type metadata</a> that, when
+     parsed as a <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a> (including any codecs
+     described by the <code title="">codecs</code> parameter, if the
+     parameter is defined for that type), represents <a href=#a-type-that-the-user-agent-knows-it-cannot-render>a type that
+     the user agent knows it cannot render</a> (even if the actual
+     <a href=#media-data>media data</a> is in a supported format)</dt>
+
      <dt>If the <a href=#media-data>media data</a> can be fetched but is found by
      inspection to be in an unsupported format, or can otherwise not
      be rendered at all</dt>

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2011-02-28 23:56:22 UTC (rev 5920)
+++ index	2011-03-01 00:18:41 UTC (rev 5921)
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 
   <header class=head id=head><p><a class=logo href=http://www.whatwg.org/ rel=home><img alt=WHATWG height=101 src=/images/logo width=101></a></p>
    <hgroup><h1 class=allcaps>HTML</h1>
-    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard — Last Updated 28 February 2011</h2>
+    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard — Last Updated 1 March 2011</h2>
    </hgroup><p>You can take part in this work. <a href=http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list>Join the working group's discussion list.</a></p>
    <p><strong>Web designers!</strong> We have a <a href=http://blog.whatwg.org/faq/>FAQ</a>, a <a href=http://forums.whatwg.org/>forum</a>, and a <a href=http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list#help>help mailing list</a> for you!</p>
    <!--<p class="impl"><strong>Implementors!</strong> We have a <a href="http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list#implementors">mailing list</a> for you too!</p>-->
@@ -25854,6 +25854,22 @@
   not support, for example because it doesn't recognize the container
   type, or it doesn't support the listed codecs.</p>
 
+  <p>The <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a>
+  "<code>application/octet-stream</code>" with no parameters is never
+  <a href=#a-type-that-the-user-agent-knows-it-cannot-render>a type that the user agent knows it cannot render</a>. User
+  agents must treat that type as equivalent to the lack of any
+  explicit <a href=#content-type title=Content-Type>Content-Type metadata</a>
+  when it is used to label a potential <a href=#media-resource>media
+  resource</a>.</p>
+
+  <p class=note>In the absence of a <!-- pretty crazy -->
+  specification to the contrary, the <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a>
+  "<code>application/octet-stream</code>" when used <em>with</em>
+  parameters, e.g.
+  "<code>application/octet-stream;codecs=theora</code>", <em>is</em>
+  <a href=#a-type-that-the-user-agent-knows-it-cannot-render>a type that the user agent knows it cannot render</a>,
+  since that parameter is not defined for that type.</p>
+
   <dl class=domintro><dt><var title="">media</var> . <code title=dom-navigator-canPlayType><a href=#dom-navigator-canplaytype>canPlayType</a></code>(<var title="">type</var>)</dt>
 
    <dd>
@@ -25868,7 +25884,8 @@
 
   <p>The <dfn id=dom-navigator-canplaytype title=dom-navigator-canPlayType><code>canPlayType(<var title="">type</var>)</code></dfn> method must return the empty
   string if <var title="">type</var> is <a href=#a-type-that-the-user-agent-knows-it-cannot-render>a type that the user
-  agent knows it cannot render</a>; it must return "<code title="">probably</code>" if the user agent is confident that the
+  agent knows it cannot render</a> or is the type
+  "<code>application/octet-stream</code>"; it must return "<code title="">probably</code>" if the user agent is confident that the
   type represents a <a href=#media-resource>media resource</a> that it can render if
   used in with this <code><a href=#audio>audio</a></code> or <code><a href=#video>video</a></code> element;
   and it must return "<code title="">maybe</code>" otherwise.
@@ -26433,6 +26450,13 @@
      to network errors, causing the user agent to give up trying to
      fetch the resource</dt>
 
+     <dt>If the <a href=#media-resource>media resource</a> is found to have <a href=#content-type title=Content-Type>Content-Type metadata</a> that, when
+     parsed as a <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a> (including any codecs
+     described by the <code title="">codecs</code> parameter, if the
+     parameter is defined for that type), represents <a href=#a-type-that-the-user-agent-knows-it-cannot-render>a type that
+     the user agent knows it cannot render</a> (even if the actual
+     <a href=#media-data>media data</a> is in a supported format)</dt>
+
      <dt>If the <a href=#media-data>media data</a> can be fetched but is found by
      inspection to be in an unsupported format, or can otherwise not
      be rendered at all</dt>

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2011-02-28 23:56:22 UTC (rev 5920)
+++ source	2011-03-01 00:18:41 UTC (rev 5921)
@@ -27837,6 +27837,22 @@
   not support, for example because it doesn't recognize the container
   type, or it doesn't support the listed codecs.</p>
 
+  <p>The <span>MIME type</span>
+  "<code>application/octet-stream</code>" with no parameters is never
+  <span>a type that the user agent knows it cannot render</span>. User
+  agents must treat that type as equivalent to the lack of any
+  explicit <span title="Content-Type">Content-Type metadata</span>
+  when it is used to label a potential <span>media
+  resource</span>.</p>
+
+  <p class="note">In the absence of a <!-- pretty crazy -->
+  specification to the contrary, the <span>MIME type</span>
+  "<code>application/octet-stream</code>" when used <em>with</em>
+  parameters, e.g.
+  "<code>application/octet-stream;codecs=theora</code>", <em>is</em>
+  <span>a type that the user agent knows it cannot render</span>,
+  since that parameter is not defined for that type.</p>
+
   <dl class="domintro">
 
    <dt><var title="">media</var> . <code title="dom-navigator-canPlayType">canPlayType</code>(<var title="">type</var>)</dt>
@@ -27856,7 +27872,8 @@
   <p>The <dfn title="dom-navigator-canPlayType"><code>canPlayType(<var
   title="">type</var>)</code></dfn> method must return the empty
   string if <var title="">type</var> is <span>a type that the user
-  agent knows it cannot render</span>; it must return "<code
+  agent knows it cannot render</span> or is the type
+  "<code>application/octet-stream</code>"; it must return "<code
   title="">probably</code>" if the user agent is confident that the
   type represents a <span>media resource</span> that it can render if
   used in with this <code>audio</code> or <code>video</code> element;
@@ -28548,6 +28565,14 @@
      to network errors, causing the user agent to give up trying to
      fetch the resource</dt>
 
+     <dt>If the <span>media resource</span> is found to have <span
+     title="Content-Type">Content-Type metadata</span> that, when
+     parsed as a <span>MIME type</span> (including any codecs
+     described by the <code title="">codecs</code> parameter, if the
+     parameter is defined for that type), represents <span>a type that
+     the user agent knows it cannot render</span> (even if the actual
+     <span>media data</span> is in a supported format)</dt>
+
      <dt>If the <span>media data</span> can be fetched but is found by
      inspection to be in an unsupported format, or can otherwise not
      be rendered at all</dt>




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