[giow] (0) Clarify whether application/octet-stream with parameters i…

…s a type that the user agent knows it cannot render Fixing http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7977 git-svn-id: http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps@4259 340c8d12-0b0e-0410-8428-c7bf67bfef74
whatwg · Oct 21, 2009 · 0dcf22a · 0dcf22a
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@@ -22384,13 +22384,18 @@ <h5 id=mime-types><span class=secno>4.8.10.3 </span>MIME types</h5>
   not support, for example because it doesn't recognize the container
   type, or it doesn't support the listed codecs.</p>
 
-  <p>The <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a> "<code title="">application/octet-stream</code>" is
+  <p>The <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a> "<code title="">application/octet-stream</code>" with no parameters is
   never <a href=#a-type-that-the-user-agent-knows-it-cannot-render>a type that the user agent knows it cannot
   render</a>. User agents must treat that type as equivalent to the
   lack of any explicit <a href=#content-type title=Content-Type>Content-Type
   metadata</a> when it is used to label a potential <a href=#media-resource>media
   resource</a>.</p>
 
+  <p class=note>In the absence of a <!-- pretty crazy -->
+  specification to the contrary, the <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a> "<code title="">application/octet-stream</code>" when used <em>with</em>
+  parameters, e.g. "<code title="">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>.</p>
+
   <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>
 
    <dd>

diff --git a/index b/index
@@ -22214,13 +22214,18 @@ interface <dfn>CueRangeCallback</dfn> {
   not support, for example because it doesn't recognize the container
   type, or it doesn't support the listed codecs.</p>
 
-  <p>The <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a> "<code title="">application/octet-stream</code>" is
+  <p>The <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a> "<code title="">application/octet-stream</code>" with no parameters is
   never <a href=#a-type-that-the-user-agent-knows-it-cannot-render>a type that the user agent knows it cannot
   render</a>. User agents must treat that type as equivalent to the
   lack of any explicit <a href=#content-type title=Content-Type>Content-Type
   metadata</a> when it is used to label a potential <a href=#media-resource>media
   resource</a>.</p>
 
+  <p class=note>In the absence of a <!-- pretty crazy -->
+  specification to the contrary, the <a href=#mime-type>MIME type</a> "<code title="">application/octet-stream</code>" when used <em>with</em>
+  parameters, e.g. "<code title="">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>.</p>
+
   <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>
 
    <dd>

diff --git a/source b/source
@@ -23875,13 +23875,21 @@ interface <dfn>CueRangeCallback</dfn> {
   not support, for example because it doesn't recognize the container
   type, or it doesn't support the listed codecs.</p>
 
-  <p>The <span>MIME type</span> "<code title="">application/octet-stream</code>" is
+  <p>The <span>MIME type</span> "<code
+  title="">application/octet-stream</code>" with no parameters is
   never <span>a type that the user agent knows it cannot
   render</span>. User agents must treat that type as equivalent to the
   lack of any explicit <span title="Content-Type">Content-Type
   metadata</span> when it is used to label a potential <span>media
   resource</span>.</p>
 
+  <p class="note">In the absence of a <!-- pretty crazy -->
+  specification to the contrary, the <span>MIME type</span> "<code
+  title="">application/octet-stream</code>" when used <em>with</em>
+  parameters, e.g. "<code
+  title="">application/octet-stream;codecs=theora</code>", <em>is</em>
+  <span>a type that the user agent knows it cannot render</span>.</p>
+
   <dl class="domintro">
 
    <dt><var title="">media</var> . <code title="dom-navigator-canPlayType">canPlayType</code>(<var title="">type</var>)</dt>