EMBED
Description
The EMBED element defines a container that allows the insertion
of arbitrary objects directly into an HTML page. Embedded objects
are supported by application-specific plug-ins. EMBED is defined
to allow arbitrary attributes.
Minimum Attributes
<EMBED SRC="...">
All Possible Attributes
<EMBED
SRC="..."
HEIGHT="..."
WIDTH="..."
attribute_1="..."
attribute_2="..."
...>characters...
</EMBED>
Elements Allowed Within...
Allowed In Content Of...
-In progress, to be determined-
Variations
The EMBED element is a Netscape 2.0 extension.
Netscape gives as examples of plug-in applications:
WebFX by Paper Software for viewing VRML
(Virtual Reality Modeling Language) worlds,
Adobe Acrobat for PDF documents, and Macromedia Director and Apple QuickTime
for multimedia.
Netscape's examples do not include the ending element,
but their documentation does not specify what would imply
the end of the EMBED content if the ending element is absent.
The concept of arbitrary undefined attributes violates the underlying
SGML standard of HTML. Change is expected in this element.
See also the element.
The Netscape documentation does not currently define the units for
HEIGHT and WIDTH but examples would imply that they are pixels.
The object's image will be scaled to fit the specified height/width.
Embedded plug-in applications may be activated by double-clicking
their image.
