Re: The core processing step

Ben Adida wrote:
> 
> Ivan wrote:
>> It seems that, at that point, we still have a problem with the basic
>> processing step in RDFa, the one I always called "Ben's rules"[1]. The
>> issue that was discussed before was the exact role of @about in chaining
>> the subjects. Indeed, if one takes the rule as it is today then:
>>
>> <p>This photo was taken by
>> <span about="http://www.ex.org" rel="dc:resource">Mark Birbeck</span>.</p>
>>
>> yields
>>
>> <http://www.ex.org> dc:resource <http://www.ex.org>
>>  
>> which is certainly [NOT] what we want!
> 
> The way I "fixed" this in my parser is by using the "modified Ben's
> rules" that does *not* use @about in the special subject resolution,
> except in the special case that @rel and @rev are not present:
> 
> ======
>     // if there is an ABOUT at this stage, and no rel or rev
>     // then that is the element's subject
>     if (RDFA.getNodeAttributeValue(element,'about') &&
> !RDFA.getNodeAttributeValue(element,'rel') &&
> !RDFA.getNodeAttributeValue(element,'rev'))
>             return RDFA.getNodeAttributeValue(element,'about');
> ======
> 
> I believe that is equivalent to what Ivan described. It is indeed the
> one somewhat inconsistent part of RDFa right now, and I do wonder if it
> means we should generally encourage people to use @resource whenever
> possible: exactly what Mark was saying a couple of weeks ago.
> 

I was always in favour of @resource, and @href only in the dedicated
place, ie, in <a>:-)

I.

> (I'm not suggesting changing the rules, just tweaking the Primer and the
> way we encourage people to use @about and @resource.)
> 
> -Ben
> 

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