- From: Mark Birbeck <mark.birbeck@webbackplane.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:42:01 +0100
- To: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>
- Cc: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>, RDFa mailing list <public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf@w3.org>
HI Jonas, > It certainly matters. If for example if method 1 or 2 were used then > no prefix mappings would be found at all in the DOM output from a HTML > parser. So it really *does* matter how you do prefix mapping. And as > far as DOM 2 goes, I think 1 or 2 are the intuitive solutions so if > we're not using those then I *really* think it's important to specify > so. > > In any case, I think I've spent enough time on this issue. I can't > really articulate the problem any more than I have. I hope this issue > is solved by the time last call rolls around. I see that you are frustrated, but you seem to think that the issue is that no-one understands your position. We *do* understand your position, and are trying to explain to you, that -- with all due respect -- it is based on a misunderstanding. You are looking at implementation specifics, and as many people have explained, implementation is not the issue. This is because the spec is defining an algorithm, which entitles people to implement things how they see fit, on whatever platform they want to write for, using whatever language they want to use. Now some will reply that, surely you must take implementation details into account. Whilst we could debate that philosophical point, in relation to spec writing, the fact is that whilst we were debating it, plenty of people would have already implemented RDFa parsers, in pretty much every language that has so far been mentioned on this thread. So it really doesn't matter whether we think the spec should or shouldn't spell out implementation details; as Toby implies, it's academic, because there are already a ton of implementations that show that it's possible. Regards, Mark -- Mark Birbeck, webBackplane mark.birbeck@webBackplane.com http://webBackplane.com/mark-birbeck webBackplane is a trading name of Backplane Ltd. (company number 05972288, registered office: 2nd Floor, 69/85 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4RR)
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