- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 21:51:07 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Mike Thacker <mike.thacker@esd.org.uk>
- Cc: Tom Dent <tom.dent@porism.com>, public-html-comments@w3.org
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, Mike Thacker wrote: > > >>You don't need the "scheme" attribute to do that, though. This is > basically just synonym matching; you could apply the same synonym matching > to all terms on the page, and to all metadata values, regardless of the > scheme="" attribute.<< > > Well the scheme defines the meaning of the content in a precise context. > > So "Apple" from a scheme defining computers, would be different from "Apple" > in a scheme defining fruit. > > In this case "Abandoned vehicles" has a precise meaning in LGSL. It > defines a service that UK councils are required to provide under a law > which defines the scope of the service and the duties of the council. > Pages with that term in the metadata with the "LGSL" scheme are > contributing towards the fulfilment of that duty. Sure, but what would break if instead of looking at scheme="", you just applied the synonyms from all the various schemes that are supported? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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