- From: Phil Archer <parcher@icra.org>
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:32:16 +0100
- To: "ietf-http-wg@w3.org Group" <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
- CC: Public POWDER <public-powderwg@w3.org>
Thanks for the pointer Anne - we probably will do that. Even so, Profile has the advantage of anchoring a rel type in a namespace more strongly than a wiki so I'm not sure that one obviates the need for the other completely. Phil. Anne van Kesteren wrote: > On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:03:38 +0200, Phil Archer <parcher@icra.org> wrote: >> In brief: the Protocol for Web Description Resources is about >> providing small amounts of metadata about a lot of resources for use >> cases ranging from trustmarks through child protection to licensing. >> Such descriptions are as applicable to things like images and movies >> as they are HTML documents - hence the need for an HTTP-based linking >> mechanism and the availability of something very much like HTML >> Profile so we can define what rel="powder" means. (As an aside, we'll >> be arguing for the retention of Profile which seems to be under threat >> at the moment in HTML 5 & XHTML 2 but that's a different matter). > > Why not simply register "powder" as a rel-value? Using profile for that > only makes it more complicated for authors and processing software. > > (The WHATWG has put up a wiki page where you can register a rel value > http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/RelExtensions as experiment.) > > > --Anne van Kesteren > <http://annevankesteren.nl/> > <http://www.opera.com/> > >
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