Nathan, before you really go down that route... On Oct 8, 2010, at 14:10 , Nathan wrote: [snip] > > Define a new HTML element <prefix> with two attributes @name and @value. to be used as such: > > <prefix name="foaf" value="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"> > Although very early versions of RDFa (if I remember well, I was not part of the group back then) did introduce new elements, the group made a very conscious decision to express everything in terms of attributes only. (Hence the name, RDF in attributes). The reason is that adding a new element to a host language is much more demanding. It is generally true that, say, a browser will simply ignore an attribute it does not understand but will add that attribute to the DOM tree, it may screw up the presentation algorithm of a browser if it hits an element it does not understand. On the other hand, convincing the HTML5 group to add a new, RDFa specific element to HTML5 is a lost cause. [snip] > > Failing that, and assuming non-RDF, what approach or new media type do you suggest? > > Best, > > Nathan > > ps: lol @ "when you are carrying a hammer, everything looks like a nail.", never heard that one before! ---- Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ mobile: +31-641044153 PGP Key: http://www.ivan-herman.net/pgpkey.html FOAF: http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf.rdf
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