Re: RDFa in HTML vs XHTML

On 15 Nov 2011, at 10:09, Toby Inkster wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:29:21 +0000
> Jeni Tennison <jeni@jenitennison.com> wrote:
> 
>> I think the solution is probably to add a rule that RDFa attributes
>> such as @about aren't permitted on the <html> element.
> 
> Certain RDFa attributes are very useful on the root element. @vocab and
> @prefix for example.

Sure. I only meant the ones that clashed with the magic @about on <head> and <body>.

> More useful would probably be to drop the magic @about from <head> and
> <body>. Or perhaps, only have magic @about on them when @typeof is
> found, as I believe the intention of the magic @about was to make stuff
> like this work:
> 
> 	<body typeof="foaf:Document">
> 
> without creating a blank node.


Well, I'll report the issue to the RDFWAWG and let you guys sort out how best to fix it :)

Jeni
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Received on Tuesday, 15 November 2011 12:41:59 UTC