- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:55:08 -0500
- To: "T.V Raman" <raman@google.com>
- Cc: mjs@apple.com, murray@muzmo.com, public-html@w3.org
On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 13:37 -0700, T.V Raman wrote: > I like principle "use visible metadata as opposed to invisible > metadata". > Please connect it back with the concrete example of microformats > --- and possibly add an additional related principle: > > Give authors something in return for encoding semantics. Yes, I think there's a relevant principle is about motivations, costs, and benefits. I often phrase it as Data that isn't consumed rots. Stuff like <link> and <meta> has a place, but the fraud risk is real. > So: author gives you semantics, you give him some default styling > in return; consequence -- authors who want the styling give you > semantics. > -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/ D3C2 887B 0F92 6005 C541 0875 0F91 96DE 6E52 C29E
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