[xhtml2] "datatype" attribute in meta attributes module

Hi,
This is a QA Review comment for "XHTML 2.0"
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-xhtml2-20060726/
2006-07-26
8th WD

About http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-xhtml2-20060726/mod-metaAttributes.html


XHTML 2.0 says:

 "datatype = QName
    This attribute defines the datatype of the 
 content metadata of the element. If the attribute 
 is not specified, then the default value is string 
 as defined by [XMLSCHEMA]."
 
Would there be any troubles to make the default namespace for this value the XML Schema namespace. The benefit will be to be able to write.

 <meta about="http://www.example.com/" 
   datatype="date"
      property="dc:created">2004-03-20</meta>

Then when another datatype is being used, which is not part of XML Schema, authors, developers will have to use a QName. but at list they will get a simple way of writing many datatypes.




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Received on Thursday, 17 August 2006 03:29:34 UTC