RE: Another option for rdf:HTML/XMLLiteral non-normative

On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 6:20 PM, Richard Cyganiak wrote:
> Markus,
> 
> As I said, my preferred option is the one that the WG +1'd today:
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-wg/2013Dec/0283.html
> 
> But in the interest of having alternatives for the transition meeting,
> here's another option that I could live with.
> 
> On 17 Dec 2013, at 20:28, Richard Cyganiak <richard@cyganiak.de> wrote:
> > I can't live with the complete removal of the HTML and XMLLiteral
> > IRIs from that section. Readers will go to the section on "datatype
> > IRIs" and to the definition of "recognized datatype IRI" to look for
> > the requirements regarding datatype support, and can expect to find all
> > datatype IRIs assigned by the RDF specs mentioned there.

Sorry, I missed that mail. I assumed you can't live without the MUST
statement in that section.


> > I also think that omitting rationale for the non-normativity of the
> > two datatypes would be a mistake, as it sends a wrong message.

+1


> > I've stated what I believe is the cleanest way to avoid these two
> > problems, so will just repeat the link:
> > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-wg/2013Dec/0260.html
> >
> > I suppose it could also be done by adding a couple of notes to all
> the affected subsections.
> 
> In the sections rdf:HTML and rdf:XMLLiteral, add:
> 
> [[
> This datatype is defined as non-normative because it depends on [DOM4],
> a specification that has not yet reached W3C Recommendation status.
> ]]

+1

 
> In Section 5.4, REPLACE this:
> 
> [[
> Recognized IRIs have fixed referents, which must satisfy these
> conditions:
> 
> If the IRI http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#XMLLiteral is
> recognized then it refers to the datatype rdf:XMLLiteral
> If the IRI http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#HTML is
> recognized then it refers to the datatype rdf:HTML
> [.]
> ]]
> 
> with this:
> 
> [[
> Recognized IRIs have fixed referents, which must satisfy these
> conditions:
> 
> [.]
> 
> Furthermore, the following IRIs are allocated for non-normative
> datatypes:
> 
> The IRI http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#XMLLiteral refers to
> the datatype rdf:XMLLiteral
> The IRI http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#HTML refers to the
> datatype rdf:HTML
> ]]

+1, I would be very happy with something. It would allows us to keep the
datatypes non-normative and defining their value space and l2v mapping
correctly instead of being forced to say they are
"implementation-dependent". I think this would also make the transition call
much smoother.



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