- From: Philip Jägenstedt <philipj@opera.com>
- Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:36:45 +0100
- To: "Maciej Stachowiak" <mjs@apple.com>, "James Graham" <jgraham@opera.com>
- Cc: "Sam Ruby" <rubys@intertwingly.net>, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, "Julian Reschke" <julian.reschke@gmx.de>, public-html <public-html@w3.org>
On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:19:43 +0100, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote: > > On Dec 3, 2009, at 12:21 PM, James Graham wrote: > >> >> On the other hand I accept that in some cases other considerations >> might be more important than how usable the spec is for me. In the >> specific case of microdata however many of the arguments presented for >> splitting the spec seem to boil down to it being "unfair" to have >> microdata in the main spec and RDFa outside it. I don't think arguments >> based on perceived fairness are valid technical arguments and as such I >> don't think they should be given much weight. >> > > Question for James and Tab (and whoever else thinks Microdata should be > in because it's a good technology and better than RDFa): > > Let's set aside for the moment your view that Microdata is a better > technical solution than RDFa. Let's assume that we were unable to decide > which of RDFa or Microdata is better, and for whatever reason it's not > possible to make a technology with all of the advantages and none of the > disadvantages of both. Let's also stipulate that we think the use cases > they address are worth addressing. In that case, what would be the right > course of action for the Working Group? Include both in the main spec? > Include neither? Something else? It is very clear that the HTML WG is unable to collectively decide which is better, simply because of ideological divides, prestige, etc. I doubt however that there are very many (any?) individuals who see the two as equally good choices. If that were the actual case I agree with Tab that the choice does not matter. This is a purely theoretical situation and not the one we are in. Refusing to pick and taking both technologies to REC can only be seen as a failure of the HTML WG. Ultimately this will either have to be settled by a vote, a chair decision or a combination. This has been obvious for a very long time. -- Philip Jägenstedt
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