- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:14:34 +0100
Martin Atkins wrote: > ... > If it is true that RDFa can work today with no ill-effect in downlevel > user-agents, what's currently blocking its implementation? Concern for > validation? > > It seems to me that many HTML extensions are implemented first and > specified later[1], so perhaps it would be in the interests of RDFa > proponents to get some implementations out there and get RDFa adopted, > at which point it will hopefully seem a much more useful proposition for > inclusion in HTML5. > > In the short term the RDFa community can presumably provide a > specialized "HTML5 + RDFa" validator for adopters to use until RDFa is > incorporated into the core spec and tools. > > It would seem that it's much easier to get into the spec when your > feature is proven to be useful by real-world adoption. > ... What he said. Although I *do* believe that in the end we'll want RDFa-in-HTML5, what's really important right now is *not* RDFa-in-HTML5 but RDFa-in-HTML4. Define that, make it a success, and the rest will be simple. Best regards, Julian
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