Re: ALT attribute & Conformance levels
William M. Perry (wmperry@mango.ucs.indiana.edu)
Fri, 15 Oct 1993 16:57:57 -0500
In response to your message dated: Fri, 15 Oct 1993 11:45:22 MST
[...]
>If I can get some agreement on classification, I will begin tell GNN
>subscribers that we recommend they use a Level 1 WWW client (for
>example).
>
>I'm not sure I understand all the details but we might classify
>functionality according to HTML, HTTP and URLs. Here's a first cut
>at defining three conformance levels. Please feel free to elaborate
>on the details.
>
>Level 0: Supports original HTML, pre-DTD. Supports HTTP/.9.
>Level 1: Supports HTML extensions introduced by Mosaic such as the
> IMG tag. Currently, the 1.x Mosaic clients and Lynx are
> level 1 conformant.
>Level 2: Supports HTML Input forms extensions, (partial) support
> HTML+. Supports HTTP/1.0.
I think this is a good idea - things like the line mode browser
appear to be being left behind in the dust by the Mosaic crew.
How about something like 'native WAIS support'?
Just want to point out that my w3 browser for emacs would be
considered a 'Level 2'. It has support for HTML, HTML+ (mostly), the
ALT tag in IMG, and HTTP/1.0. :) It also supports most of the <INPUT>
tags for FORMS (no pulldown menus or password entry fields yet - but
its being worked on) No native WAIS support yet though. It should be
coming out of beta soon (end of the month hopefully)
-Bill Perry