[Bug 29484] New: should help authors write link and meta elements more efficiently

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=29484

            Bug ID: 29484
           Summary: should help authors write link and meta elements more
                    efficiently
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: CR HTML5 spec
          Assignee: robin@w3.org
          Reporter: Nick_Levinson@yahoo.com
        QA Contact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: public-html-admin@w3.org
  Target Milestone: ---

When metadata or link elements are identical across most of a large website,
maintenance is slower and costlier.

Suggestion: Add a file of website meta and link elements that apply to an
entire website.

Exceptions should be supported. If the same meta or link element with the same
attribute also appears in a page file, regardless of the value, the one
appearing in the page file would get precedence.

Very large sites may need directory specificity. A file of directory-specific
meta and link elements would override the website-wide file of meta and link
elements, while being overridden by the same element-attribute pairs written
into a specific page.

I don't program in PHP, but I suspect this being in HTML would mean faster page
loading.

Example: The author of a whole website might be Chris, which need be said in
only one place, the website file; except that the author of the Executive
subdirectory might be Pat, which need be said in only one place, the directory
file; except that the author of the one-page CEO's Letter might be Landry,
which need be said in only one place, in the HTML page's head element.

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Received on Friday, 19 February 2016 03:24:33 UTC