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<img src="TheEarth.gif" alt="The Earth as seen from space." />
<p>
<!-- First, try the Python applet -->
<object title="The Earth as seen from space"
classid="http://www.observer.mars/TheEarth.py">
<!-- Else, try the MPEG video -->
<object data="TheEarth.mpeg" type="application/mpeg">
<!-- Else, try the GIF image -->
<object data="TheEarth.gif" type="image/gif">
<!-- Else render the text -->
The <strong>Earth</strong> as seen from space.
</object>
</object>
</object>
</p>
The object example is slightly adapted from the HTML 4.01 standard. A longer excerpt and full citation is also available.
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The object example comes from HTML 4.01 Specification W3C Recommendation 24 December 1999 edited by D. Raggett, A. Le Hors, and I. Jacobs. It is copyright ©1997-1999 W3C®. (MIT, INRIA, Keio), All Rights Reserved.