[RDFa Syntax] @resource and @href

I had a quick look at the RDFa Syntax [1] document
and did not actually find any usage of @resource.
(BTW, Shane, I did not find any @resource declarations in 
the DTDs [2] and [3] - did I miss something?)

Further, Ivan recently stated in [4]:

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

So, to assist people in using @resource and @href 'correctly',
I'd like to propose the following addition to the RDFa Syntax.

<PROPOSAL>

'As per TAG finding httpRange-14 [5] the value of @href
 MUST be an information resource, and the value of @resource
 MAY be an information resource. RDFa authors SHALL use a URI
 that identifies a non-information resources for the value
 of @resource.'

</END_OF_PROPOSAL>

As an aside: The two RDFa test cases TC 31 [6] and 
TC 32 [7] already demonstrate this 'good practice':

TC 31
=====

 <p about="#wtw">
  The book <b>Weaving the Web</b> (hardcover) has the ISBN
  <span rel="dc:identifier" 
        resource="urn:ISBN:0752820907">0752820907</span>.
 </p>

TC 32
=====

 <p about="#wtw">
  The book <b>Weaving the Web</b> (hardcover) has the ISBN
  <a rel="dc:identifier"
     resource="urn:ISBN:0752820907" 
 
href="http://www.amazon.com/Weaving-Web-Tim-Berners-Lee/dp/0752820907">0
752820907</a>.
 </p>

Cheers,
	Michael

[1] http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/2007/ED-rdfa-syntax-20070812/
[2] http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-1.dtd
[3] http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-hypertext-1.mod
[4]
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2007Aug/0121.
html
[5] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/issues.html#httpRange-14
[6]
http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/RDFa/testsuite/xhtml1-testcases/Test0031
[7]
http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/RDFa/testsuite/xhtml1-testcases/Test0032

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Received on Tuesday, 14 August 2007 06:38:50 UTC