I'd suggest using an attribute over a type specifier too. Not only does it have the problem Marius spotted, but if you specified a type attribute then you have much more difficulty displaying content of the same type from both a CDN and dynamic user content in the same page (such as in a social networking site, displaying user-uploaded images from one location and the static images for the site layout from a CDN).
Other than that, I think this would be a good addition that would make <base> much more usable in dynamic sites. 2009/11/9 Marius Gundersen <gunder...@gmail.com> > One problem with the first proposal is that you don't know the mimetype of > the content before you load it. Just because it ends in .gif does not mean > it is a gif file (eg, using GD a .php file could be a GIF image). > > Instead of using class, maybe the rel attribute would fit better. > > Marius Gundersen > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Fabian Freiburg <f.freib...@googlemail.com > > wrote: > >> Dear list! >> >> DISCLAIMER >> I've never used a list before and I've never posted a proposal, so please >> be patient with me if I'm doing something wrong. >> >> PROPOSAL >> The "base" element is very helpful. Trouble is that it affects all >> relative links and "src" attributes. Especially for the "src" attributes it >> would be very useful if it could define a context or media type to which it >> belongs. With this it would be possible to define a "base" URI fore. g. >> images, javascripts or stylesheets. Furthermore it would be very easy to use >> a CDN for serving static media files. There are probably some more >> advantages. >> >> There are different ways to implement this feature: One idea is to use a >> "content" or "type" attribute, where the MIME type to which the "base" >> belongs can be defined. For example the following "base" would affect all >> GIF images: >> <base href="http://example.com/media/images/"; type="image/gif"> >> >> Another idea is to use some kind of tagging, which would mean more >> flexibility. For example: >> <base href="http://example.com/media/images/"; class="images cdn gif"> >> Each element using one of the classes will belong to the relevant "base" >> element. >> >> Please let me know what you think about it. >> >> Regards, >> Fabian >> >> >
