Re: [RDFa] ISSUE-34: partial resolution to @href everywhere

I am on record not being really favourable of the href everywhere, but
as the WG has decided to do it, I am in favour of Ben's proposal
(@resource overriding @href).

Ivan

Ben Adida wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Today, we agreed that we would support @href *and* @resource everywhere,
> with the following note:
> 
> - @href may become navigable/clickable in a future version of XHTML
> - we encourage X/HTML WGs to *not* make @resource clickable/navigable.
> - from an RDFa standpoint, they both determine the object of a triple
> (or the subject under a @rev).
> 
> The question, then, is what to do when *both* @resource and @href
> appear.
> 
> I have a proposal, which I think makes sense and provides solid
> justification for having both attributes: @resource overrides @href just
> like @content overrides the content of an element.
> 
> Effectively, this joins up with Mark's reasoning that @resource is used
> when the navigable link is not really the semantic link. If there is a
> clickable and semantic link, use @href. If there is only a semantic
> link, use @resource. If there's both but they're not the same, use both
> attributes accordingly.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> -Ben
> 
> 

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