[Bug 22783] Implement WG decision to remove Microdata

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=22783

Travis Leithead [MSFT] <travil@microsoft.com> changed:

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                 CC|                            |Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com

--- Comment #1 from Travis Leithead [MSFT] <travil@microsoft.com> ---
I've combed through the current CR Draft spec of HTML5.0. The bulk of the
Microdata definitions, etc., seem to already be removed, but I did find these
vestiges:

(1) HTMLDataElement
* Mentions microdata in conjunction with microformats (giving it equal footing)
in relation to the value attribute of that element. This seems fine to leave
in.

(2) HTMLTimeElement.dateTime (code example)
* Provides a code example using microdata. However, this code example is paired
with 4-5 other code examples illustrating how the datatime attribute is used
for the <time> element in a variety of formats such as microformats (ex. 1),
schema.org microdata (ex. 3), ISO8601 (ex. 4), and some other normal date and
timezone+date examples (5 & 6). I think it's OK to leave these references to
microdata in the spec within the context of exploratory examples of this sort.

(3) HTMLMeterElement
* A one-liner about how to interpret meter's value in the context of Microdata.
This is a good candidate to remove as it is specific to microdata.

(4) Drag-drop processing model
* Step 6, puts some Microdata into the clipboard if the dragged nodes contain
microdata. This entire step can be dropped to avoid the microdata reference
without compromising the integrity of the algorithm.

(5) Acknowledgements
* A special thanks callout to folks of the Microdata usability study for
helping guide the design of Microdata. While it feels a little cold to strip
this out, leaving it in could lead someone to reason that there should be a
feature called Microdata in this spec, which there will not be. Therefore, I
think this should be removed as well.

So to re-cap, my plan is to remove occurrences 3-5 above from HTML5.0 CR, and I
think that will satisfy the Chair's CfC above.

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Received on Thursday, 8 August 2013 22:34:33 UTC