- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 22:56:52 +0000 (UTC)
On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, Nils Dagsson Moskopp wrote: > > I am unsure on what scope the "current document" should have in > subsection 5.11.3.9 (Link type "license") of the spec and how it > functions (or should play) together with sectioning. > > Let us consider this example, a creative-commons-licensed video: > > <figure> > <video src="foo.ogg"/> > <legend> > <a href="http://example.org/person/misterx" rel="author"> > Mister X. > </a> > <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/" > rel="license"> > CC BY-SA 3.0 > </a> > </legend> > </figure> > > As I understand it, in this example, due to the provision of subsection > 5.11.3.3 (Link type "author") "For a [...] elements, the author keyword > indicates that the referenced document provides further information > about the author of the section that the element defining the hyperlink > applies to.", the linked author could be considered the author of the > video. > > However, subsection 5.11.3.9 (Link type "license") has no such > provision. I therefore propose to amend "For a and area elements, the > license keyword indicates that the referenced document provides further > information about the author of the section that the element defining > the hyperlink applies to." to subsection 5.11.3.9 of the HTML 5 spec. Your interpretation of the spec is correct. This is based on actual implementations of rel=license, which apply it to the whole document. I expect that if we need per-sub-resource licensing information then a more specific solution will be developed, possibly using the microdata idea. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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