Re: Discussion with Ian and Henri about HTML5+RDFa (part 2/2)

Hi Julian,

>> By the way, how is RDFa's use of @rel not backwards-compatible?
>
> It will conflict with the use of full URIs.

Ah...you mean "forwards-compatible".

As Ben said in another email, some people have a personal preference
for full URIs, and no-one is going to say they shouldn't air their
views.

But given that at the time RDFa was created there was no HTML or XHTML
standard that used @rel to hold a full URI -- and there still isn't --
it can only create unnecessary confusion if this personal preference
is wrapped up an the false assertion that the RDFa standard has
somehow created a 'legacy problem'.

Regards,

Mark

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