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when it is used to label a potential <a href=#media-resource>media | ||
resource</a>.</p> | ||
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<p class=note>In the absence of a <!-- pretty crazy --> | ||
specification to the contrary, the <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a> | ||
"<code>application/octet-stream</code>" when used <em>with</em> | ||
parameters, e.g. | ||
"<code>application/octet-stream;codecs=theora</code>", <em>is</em> | ||
<a href=#a-type-that-the-user-agent-knows-it-cannot-render>a type that the user agent knows it cannot render</a>, | ||
since that parameter is not defined for that type.</p> | ||
<p class=note> | ||
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Only the <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a> <!-- the WG decision started with the next bit, which is not in the style of the spec --> | ||
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"<code>application/octet-stream</code>" | ||
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with no parameters | ||
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is special-cased here; if any parameter appears with it, it | ||
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will <!-- the WG decision that led to this text had a "should", but this is a non-normative section --> | ||
be treated just like any other <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a>. | ||
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This is a deviation from the rule <!-- in RFC 2046, section 1, | ||
paragraph 3 --> that unknown <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a> parameters | ||
should be ignored. | ||
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<!-- but not really a "willful violation" since it's not that the | ||
types are not being ignored, just that before the type is handled as | ||
a type, there's a special case for a particular set of strings --> | ||
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</p> | ||
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<dl class=domintro><dt><var title="">media</var> . <code title=dom-navigator-canPlayType><a href=#dom-navigator-canplaytype>canPlayType</a></code>(<var title="">type</var>)</dt> | ||
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when it is used to label a potential <a href=#media-resource>media | ||
resource</a>.</p> | ||
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<p class=note>In the absence of a <!-- pretty crazy --> | ||
specification to the contrary, the <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a> | ||
"<code>application/octet-stream</code>" when used <em>with</em> | ||
parameters, e.g. | ||
"<code>application/octet-stream;codecs=theora</code>", <em>is</em> | ||
<a href=#a-type-that-the-user-agent-knows-it-cannot-render>a type that the user agent knows it cannot render</a>, | ||
since that parameter is not defined for that type.</p> | ||
<p class=note> | ||
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Only the <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a> <!-- the WG decision started with the next bit, which is not in the style of the spec --> | ||
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"<code>application/octet-stream</code>" | ||
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with no parameters | ||
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is special-cased here; if any parameter appears with it, it | ||
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will <!-- the WG decision that led to this text had a "should", but this is a non-normative section --> | ||
be treated just like any other <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a>. | ||
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This is a deviation from the rule <!-- in RFC 2046, section 1, | ||
paragraph 3 --> that unknown <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a> parameters | ||
should be ignored. | ||
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<!-- but not really a "willful violation" since it's not that the | ||
types are not being ignored, just that before the type is handled as | ||
a type, there's a special case for a particular set of strings --> | ||
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</p> | ||
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<dl class=domintro><dt><var title="">media</var> . <code title=dom-navigator-canPlayType><a href=#dom-navigator-canplaytype>canPlayType</a></code>(<var title="">type</var>)</dt> | ||
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when it is used to label a potential <span>media | ||
resource</span>.</p> | ||
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<p class="note">In the absence of a <!-- pretty crazy --> | ||
specification to the contrary, the <span>MIME type</span> | ||
"<code>application/octet-stream</code>" when used <em>with</em> | ||
parameters, e.g. | ||
"<code>application/octet-stream;codecs=theora</code>", <em>is</em> | ||
<span>a type that the user agent knows it cannot render</span>, | ||
since that parameter is not defined for that type.</p> | ||
<p class="note"> | ||
<!--END w3c-html--> | ||
Only the <span>MIME type</span> <!-- the WG decision started with the next bit, which is not in the style of the spec --> | ||
<!--START w3c-html--> | ||
"<code>application/octet-stream</code>" | ||
<!--END w3c-html--> | ||
with no parameters | ||
<!--START w3c-html--> | ||
is special-cased here; if any parameter appears with it, it | ||
<!--END w3c-html--> | ||
will <!-- the WG decision that led to this text had a "should", but this is a non-normative section --> | ||
<!--START w3c-html--><!--END html--><!--END complete--><!--END epub--><!--END dev-html--> | ||
should | ||
<!--START html--><!--START complete--><!--START epub--><!--START dev-html--> | ||
be treated just like any other <span>MIME type</span>. | ||
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This is a deviation from the rule <!-- in RFC 2046, section 1, | ||
paragraph 3 --> that unknown <span>MIME type</span> parameters | ||
should be ignored. | ||
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<!-- but not really a "willful violation" since it's not that the | ||
types are not being ignored, just that before the type is handled as | ||
a type, there's a special case for a particular set of strings --> | ||
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</p> | ||
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<dl class="domintro"> | ||
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