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ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Henry S. Thompson) writes:
> "Wayne Steele" <xmlmaster@hotmail.com> writes:
>
> "Wayne Steele" <xmlmaster@hotmail.com> writes:
>
> > Just found it:
> >
> > Chapter 4.1 of RFC 2396 says:
> > <quote>
> > ...
> > The semantics of a fragment identifier is a property of the data
> > resulting from a retrieval action, regardless of the type of URI used
> > in the reference. Therefore, the format and interpretation of fragment
> > identifiers is dependent on the media type [RFC2046] of the retrieval
> > result. The character restrictions described in Section 2 for URI also
> > apply to the fragment in a URI-reference. Individual media types may
> > define additional restrictions or structure within the fragment for
> > specifying different types of "partial views" that can be identified
> > within that media type.
> >
> >
> > A fragment identifier is only meaningful when a URI reference is
> > intended for retrieval and the result of that retrieval is a document
> > for which the identified fragment is consistently defined.
> >
> > </quote>
> >
> > I believe the viewpoint that "the client determines what the fragment
> > identifier really means" is at odds with the definition in RFC 2396.
>
> Precisely -- the _server_ determines what the fragment identifier
> _really means_. More in another response to this thread.
Oops -- my bad, misunderstood what you've quoted plus misremembered my
RFCs -- after re-reading RFC 2396 it's clear that in fact the _user
agent_ (read client) is responsible for interpreting the fragId:
"the optional fragment identifier, separated from the URI by a
crosshatch ("#") character, consists of additional reference
information _to be interpreted by the user agent_ after the retrieval
action has been successfully completed. As such, it is not part of
a URI, but is often used in conjunction with a URI."
So putting together your quote and mine, the referent of a fragId is
determined by the client based on the mime type of the resource as
returned by the server.
ht
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