The web is content-agnostic, not HTML
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That's why there's such a thing as the content type header in the HTTP response. The web is defined, you can define the web as a universally addressable document location system.
Episode 230: Baking Polyfill (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:08:04 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Responding to browser makers' plan to drop XSLT (which hosts use to make RSS feeds look nice), Dave says the web has always been content-agnostic. HTML is a first-class citizen because of linking, but it isn't the definition of the web. The web is a universally addressable document location system delivered over HTTP, which is why the Content-Type header exists and browsers already accommodate many document types.
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Episode 229: DataBase Story Time (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:45:11 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
And anything that diminishes that, we should be expanding that, not cutting it.
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Episode 230: Baking Polyfill (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:07:36 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
Correct, and that's just not, that's not the web. The web has always been content agnostic.
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