Re: [whatwg] Proposal to add website-* meta extensions

On 2014-07-16 12:01, Arpita Bahuguna wrote:
> Hi Julian,
>
> Please find my comments inline:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: whatwg [mailto:whatwg-bounces@lists.whatwg.org] On Behalf Of Julian Reschke
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:10 PM
> To: Arpita Bahuguna
> Cc: whatwg@whatwg.org; Arpita Bahuguna
> Subject: Re: [whatwg] Proposal to add website-* meta extensions
>
> On 2014-07-16 11:31, Arpita Bahuguna wrote:
>> Hi Julian,
>>
>> Thank-you for your views.
>>
>> Are you suggesting that we instead introduce a new link relation
>> (perhaps "contact") with tel:/mailto: types for specifying these parameters?
>>
>> This would involve spec modification. Not sure how developers or
>> browser vendors take to it.
>
> Why would it involve a spec modification?
>
> Currently the link types defined by the specification are: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#linkTypes
>
> Please correct me if I am wrong but I suspect introducing a new rel type would involve modifying the spec as well.

No. There's a Wiki for it.

> Adding new meta extensions however would not have any such overhead as far as I know.
>
>
>> Was looking for a simpler solution that's quickly implementable.
>
> Why is <meta> any simpler than <link>???
>
>

Received on Wednesday, 16 July 2014 10:57:43 UTC