RE: [XHTML2] meta attribute

I think RDF would be the best solution to this, a much richer syntax can be provided in this way and I believe it is already in place.

(I'm no RDF expert)

Cheers,
Nigel

MIS Web Design
http://www.miswebdesign.com/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: www-html-request@w3.org [mailto:www-html-request@w3.org]On Behalf
> Of Jeroen Budts
> Sent: 31 July 2003 21:12
> To: www-html@w3.org
> Subject: [XHTML2] meta attribute
> 
> 
> 
> I propose a new attribute: the meta attribute, which has the type 
> IDREF (or maybe IDREFS?). It makes a reference to some meta data 
> specific to that part of the page. Here is an example:
> 
> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2002/06/xhtml2" xml:lang="nl-be">
>   <head>
>     <!-- the following is meta data about the entire page -->
>     <meta name="author">Jeroen Budts</meta>
>     <!-- and the following only about the quote -->
>     <meta id="AndyQuote">
>       <meta name="author">Andy Warhol</meta>
>       <meta name="DC.Language">en-us</meta>
>       <meta name="DC.Title">THE Philosophy of Andy Warhol</meta>
>       <meta name="chapter">4 - Beauty</meta>
>       <meta name="page">71</meta>
>     </meta>
>   </head>
> 
>   <body>
>     <p>
>       Het volgende citaat vind ik best wel leuk:
>       <blockquote xml:lang="en-us" meta="#AndyQuote">
>         The most beautiful thing in Tokyo is McDonald's.
>         The most beautiful thing in Stockholm is McDonald's.
>         The most beautiful thing in Florence is McDonald's.
>         Pecking and Moscow don't have anything beautiful yet.
>       </blockquote>
>     </p>
>   </body>
> </html>
> 
> In this way we would be able to give a lot more information about 
> parts of a webpage.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Jeroen
> 
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