> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Ludo Brands > <ludo.bra...@free.fr> wrote: > > Note the "per the HTML specs". HTTP specs aren't that strict. > > But what exaxtly do these specs ban? Because I am sending via > XMLHttpRequest in JavaScript, and there you can specify any > mime-type that you want. You can send any data and I haven't > seen any restriction related to the mime-type so far. > Probably this restrictions don't apply to JavaScript but only > to form data and things like that (purely in HTML)? >
Yes. The HTML spec defines the use of these 2 MIME types for a user agent uploading a form. XMLHttpRequest, as the name indicates, isn't limited to HTML. > Not to mention that a CGI application can also communicate > with native clients, not only HTML pages, and the native > client is not subject to HTML rules. > There are plenty of applications using http as a communication channel and that have nothing to do with html. Ludo _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
