- From: Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3c@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:03:00 -0500
- To: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Cc: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net> wrote: > Now, saying that ONE certain use doesn't work doesn't mean that ALL use > cases are doomed to fail. So, what is the use case to focus on? Flipping > the data-* definition on its head, how about "elements and attributes with > colons in their name are provided primarily to support the use case of > metadata intended for use by software that IS independent of the site that > uses the elements and attributes."? > > To give a few concrete examples: things like Creative Commons licenses. > Dublin core. FOAF. All three of those can be implemented using microdata or RDFa, right? Are they really use-cases for general-purpose namespaces of any kind?
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