Re: Possible Compromise solution for namespaces in HTML5

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?

Received on Monday, 23 November 2009 17:03:40 UTC