[whatwg] Clarifying the use and requirements of Data URL

[Julian Reschke]

On 24.08.2010 20:22, Peter Beverloo wrote:
> ...
> I've learned that data URLs could validate as unescaped path-rootless
> IRIs, defined by rfc 3987[1]. Because of that any extension of the
> attributes will not be required.
> ...

Actually, data URIs are legal URIs as defined in RFC 3986, and data IRIs 
are legal IRIs as defined in RFC 3987 :-).

But thanks for clarifying where the confusion came from.

Best regards, Julian