[whatwg] hash Attribute

Charles Iliya Krempeaux supercanadian at gmail.com
Tue Nov 7 21:59:28 PST 2006


Hello,

Here's something else related...

  http://microformats.org/wiki/hash-examples


See ya

On 11/7/06, Charles Iliya Krempeaux <supercanadian at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Aren't URNs already being very commonly used for hashes.  For example...
>
>   urn:sha1:dRDPBgZzTFq7Jl2Q2N/YNghcfj8=
>
>   urn:md5:FNG4c6MJLdDEY1rcoGb4pQ==
>
>
> urn:kzhash:0bf4c9a50c1058fb6887ad0419ecfc06dc192c69163ea2c45c632dab1cab1e1fbd6fbf1e
>
>
>   urn:tiger:tree:ZAJPZOPES4YGIPNHLHDQHD5FHSAFSPIYG7IOO3Y
>
>   urn:bitprint:
> QLFYWY2RI5WZCTEP6MJKR5CAFGP7FQ5X.VEKXTRSJPTZJLY2IKG5FQ2TCXK26SECFPP4DX7I
>
> Perhaps it would be good to keep with that format.
>
> See ya
>
> On 11/7/06, XcomCoolDude <xcomcooldude at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > How about a hash attribute for all elements that link to external files
> > (a, img, etc.)?
> >
> > It would allow you to pass an MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, or other hash to a
> > user-agent for automatic comparison with the linked file.
> >
> > I'd suggest a format where the hash algorithm is listed, followed by a
> > forward slash and then the hash itself
> >
> > Examples:
> > hash="MD5/9e107d9d372bb6826bd81d3542a419d6"
> > hash="SHA-1/2fd4e1c6 7a2d28fc ed849ee1 bb76e739 1b93eb12"
> > hash="SHA-256/d7a8fbb3 07d78094 69ca9abc b0082e4f 8d5651e4 6d3cdb76
> > 2d02d0bf 37c9e592"
> >
> > See my thread over at mozillaZine for more info and other ideas:
> > http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=2234056
> >
> > --Wulf
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> >
>
>
> --
>     Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.
>
>     charles @ reptile.ca
>     supercanadian @ gmail.com
>
>     developer weblog: http://ChangeLog.ca/
>
>


-- 
    Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.

    charles @ reptile.ca
    supercanadian @ gmail.com

    developer weblog: http://ChangeLog.ca/
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