- From: Shannon <shannon@arc.net.au>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:08:27 +1000
I would like to restore the pros and cons. Although they are not as consise as you would like there was still a considerable amount of time put into them and they do reflect the arguments put forward on both sides of the RDF discussions. You are asking for more detail and then removing the details that existed. I understand your desire for more detail but please understand that in many cases the why is really self-explanatory. We are web professionals and academics, not children. In some, probably most, cases the Pros and Cons answer the why question in their own right. I don't mind fleshing out the details and arguments behind more complex subjects but if you're going to block-delete contributions I don't see why I should bother. What really upset me is that you yourself set the precedent for simple Pro/Con bullet points under each "requirement" with your initial template. You can call it placeholder text if you like but I certainly got the impression that you were looking for concise points, not essays. I don't want to undo, since you've added other clarifications since but I would like reassurance that if I copy-paste the pros and cons back in they'll stay this time. If there are any particular points you object too then let me know. Ian Hickson wrote: > > 2.8 Choice of format > > This section doesn't describe a requirement. > > Are you sure? The RDFa folk have been insisting it's RDFa or nothing for some time now. On the other hand it has drawbacks which another format may solve. This is similar to scripts coming in different formats (Javascript, VBScript) and styles (CSS, XLST). It isn't a "requirement" per-se, more like a desirable outcome. Perhaps we need a new section for non-essential needs but then that's just begging for an edit war as proponents of different solutions promote or demote other peoples requirements. Perhaps you should be more precise about what makes something "required" because by strict definition the only actual requirements for "generic metadata" in HTML5 should be "it conveys metadata" and "it works in HTML5". Shannon
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