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…r to the extension. what a mess. git-svn-id: http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps@2425 340c8d12-0b0e-0410-8428-c7bf67bfef74
whatwg · Nov 20, 2008 · d895c5a · d895c5a
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@@ -15854,8 +15854,9 @@ href="?audio"&gt;audio&lt;/a&gt; test instead.)&lt;/p&gt;</pre>
   <p>The <dfn id=concept-embed-type title=concept-embed-type>type of the content</dfn>
   being embedded is defined as follows:</p>
 
-  <ol><li><p>If the element has a <code title=attr-embed-type><a href=#attr-embed-type>type</a></code> attribute, then the value of
-   the <code title=attr-embed-type><a href=#attr-embed-type>type</a></code> attribute is the
+  <ol><li><p>If the element has a <code title=attr-embed-type><a href=#attr-embed-type>type</a></code> attribute, and that attribute's
+   value is a type that a <a href=#plugin>plugin</a> supports, then the value
+   of the <code title=attr-embed-type><a href=#attr-embed-type>type</a></code> attribute is the
    <span>content's type</span>.</li>
 
    <li>
@@ -15883,6 +15884,8 @@ href="?audio"&gt;audio&lt;/a&gt; test instead.)&lt;/p&gt;</pre>
    <li><p>Otherwise, the content has no type and there can be no
    appropriate <a href=#plugin>plugin</a> for it.</li>
 
+   <!-- This algorithm is a monument to bad design. Go legacy! -->
+
   </ol><p>Whether the resource is fetched successfully or not (e.g. whether
   the response code was a 2xx code or equivalent) must be ignored when
   determining the resource's type and when handing the resource to the

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@@ -16946,8 +16946,9 @@ href="?audio">audio&lt;/a> test instead.)&lt;/p></pre>
   <ol>
 
    <li><p>If the element has a <code
-   title="attr-embed-type">type</code> attribute, then the value of
-   the <code title="attr-embed-type">type</code> attribute is the
+   title="attr-embed-type">type</code> attribute, and that attribute's
+   value is a type that a <span>plugin</span> supports, then the value
+   of the <code title="attr-embed-type">type</code> attribute is the
    <span>content's type</span>.</p></li>
 
    <li>
@@ -16977,6 +16978,8 @@ href="?audio">audio&lt;/a> test instead.)&lt;/p></pre>
    <li><p>Otherwise, the content has no type and there can be no
    appropriate <span>plugin</span> for it.</p></li>
 
+   <!-- This algorithm is a monument to bad design. Go legacy! -->
+
   </ol>
 
   <p>Whether the resource is fetched successfully or not (e.g. whether