Re: ISSUE-76: Need feedback on splitting Microdata into separate specification

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net> wrote:
> Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 3:35 AM, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't think this position has consensus even among those who want to
>>> keep
>>> Microdata in the spec. It's simply impracticable.
>>
>> Eh, it makes sense to me, and it's Hixie's position as well.
>
> If Hixie has a position, I would prefer it he were to state it himself.
>
> As to whether or not it makes sense or not, I will step forward and say that
> I suspect that I don't fully understand it.  Let's start with the first
> assertion:
>
>> All good specs which integrate with HTML5 should, ideally, be a part
>> of HTML5.
>
> To my (perhaps naive) reading, that would mean either that many of the
> following are not good specs:
>
> http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/references.html#references
>
> ... or it would mean that HTML5's current organization is not ideal.
>
> Care to comment?
>
> I will also note that a number of specs in that list that have Ian's name on
> them, (example: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-abarth-mime-sniff).
>
> - Sam Ruby
>

I wanted to note that though Ian didn't respond to this question
directly in this thread, he did respond with his opinion of Microdata
in another thread[1].

He said he doesn't like it.

Shelley

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Dec/0186.html

Received on Sunday, 6 December 2009 14:54:31 UTC