Re: A new approach to accomplishing RDFa Profiles

+1

:)

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> During the telecon today, it seemed as if were settling on two basic
> techniques to provide RDFa Profiles to beginning web authors. The first
> is the name/value based approach (@token/@prefix/@map/etc.), the second
> is the RDF Vocabulary term approach
> (rdfa:prefix/rdfa:keyword/rdfa:alias/etc.).
>
> The underlying concern is that we might not get either solution into the
> FPWD at the rate that we're progressing. We're making progress, but the
> path forward is still not clear... and that is putting the FPWDs at risk.
>
> We could probably spend many telecons discussing the merits and
> drawbacks of each approach, and while that would be helpful, it may be
> more helpful to accept both approaches as viable paths forward and spec
> both of them for now. The understanding would be that we may strip one
> or both features out of the spec before Last Call.
>
> The goal in spec'ing both features and placing it into the FPWD
> documents is to get wider feedback from the general web authoring
> community. Once spec'ed, we could go to Google, Yahoo, Dublin Core, FOAF
> and other vocabulary providers and ask them which approach they would
> prefer (one, both, or neither).
>
> For those that are not aware of W3C publishing practices, there doesn't
> need to be consensus for FPWD documents. It is suggested that we release
> early and revise often based on external feedback. Spec'ing both
> approaches would be one way of getting that external feedback.
>
> If we do this, we should also clearly mark that they are experimental
> and that the Working Group is soliciting the greater web community for
> feedback on both approaches for accomplishing RDFa Profiles.
>
> This approach ensures that we move forward on the FPWDs and don't become
> deadlocked in trying to find the "right" solution this early in the
> process. Thoughts/comments?
>
> -- manu
>
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> Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny)
> President/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
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>
>

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