- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:48:21 -0500
Henri Sivonen wrote: > > 2.4.5. > "To set metadata with meta elements, authors must first specify a > profile that defines metadata names, using the profile attribute." > > In my opinion, it would be useful to predefine the traditional names > and Dublin Core. Predefining the traditional names would be a good idea. As for Dublin Core, I think they need to publish an XMDP profile. > 2.9.3. > In my opinion, marking up names of people and works in the same does > not fit conventional presentational practice. On the other hand, using > cite only for source citations causes different titles of works to be > marked up differently. Using <cite> as a generic "title of work" could > be marginally useful for styling. Is there any evidence that the way > <cite> is currently defined is useful for any application? > > I still think <cite> fails the "explaining to mother" test. > http://listserver.dreamhost.com/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/2005- > August/004649.html Something else to think about: If <cite> is reserved only for source citations, what markup do we use for generic "title of work"? ~fantasai
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