- From: Mark Birbeck <mark.birbeck@x-port.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:29:04 +0100
- To: "Ivan Herman" <ivan@w3.org>
- Cc: "Ben Adida" <ben@adida.net>, RDFa <public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf@w3.org>, "SWD WG" <public-swd-wg@w3.org>
Hi Ivan, :) As I said, I can go with that. But I would like to hear from those who have always been against this, that's all. Regards, Mark On 28/06/07, Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org> wrote: > Mark, that is not fair, you should not vote for two different options:-) > > I was not at the meeting in May. I yield to Ben: let us keep with @class > and move on. There are more important issues to solve, still:-) > > Ivan > > Mark Birbeck wrote: > > Hi Ben, > > > > I'm not with you...are we trying to resolve all syntax issues in the > > next two weeks, or just ratifying what we have? We could have avoided > > a lot of discussion on '@href everywhere' if we were merely ratifying > > what we already had, but people in the group seemed to think it was > > actually important enough to discuss. (And I spent a long time trying > > to find a compromise.) > > > > As before, I'm not saying I'm totally against sticking with @class, > > even though I think @isA is slightly easier to understand. I'm only > > saying that we don't need to be bounced into a conclusion simply on > > the basis that it shouldn't be discussed. (Particularly when there > > have been consistent objections from Steven all the way through.) > > > > I suggest we put it to a vote, and move on. :) > > > > If I could vote for the various positions, I would opt for: > > > > +1 for a new attribute > > + 0.9 for using @class as we have it now :) > > -1 for using @role. > > > > Regards, > > > > Mark > > > > On 28/06/07, Ben Adida <ben@adida.net> wrote: > >> Mark Birbeck wrote: > >> > Hi Ben, > >> > > >> > I'm not sure I agree. Sure we've done talks, but the main source of > >> > information for people, going forward, will be the primer and our > >> > various specs. > >> > >> Mark, > >> > >> I need to be a bit of a stickler here, because we all talked about this > >> in our May 31st conference call after all the May talks, and we agreed > >> that we couldn't make RDFa a moving target: > >> > >> http://www.w3.org/2007/05/31-rdfa-minutes.html > >> > >> Removing the meaning of @class would make RDFa very much a moving > >> target, and, no matter how technically beautiful an alternate solution > >> is, we would lose a significant chunk of folks who are beginning to > >> depend on the syntax. > >> > >> In other words, I think our "last chance" to change this particular, > >> central RDFa issue has passed. > >> > >> -Ben > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead > URL: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ > PGP Key: http://www.cwi.nl/%7Eivan/AboutMe/pgpkey.html > FOAF: http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf.rdf > > -- Mark Birbeck, formsPlayer mark.birbeck@x-port.net | +44 (0) 20 7689 9232 http://www.formsPlayer.com | http://internet-apps.blogspot.com standards. innovation.
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