- From: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 16:14:04 -0400
Julian Reschke wrote: > Manu Sporny wrote: >> ... >> The second is that you are assuming that @rel/@rev reserved attribute >> values are the same for all XML and non-XML family languages - they >> aren't. Reserved words such as "next" and "prev" can be defined per >> language - or, none can be defined... it's up to the language adopting >> RDFa to define those values. For a list of the current values, you can >> see: >> ... > > They currently can be defined per language, but that doesn't make it a > good idea. I agree in principle, but practicality overrode that principle in the RDFa Task Force. The reason they're defined per language is because: 1. We were specifically working on RDF in XHTML and did not have the authority to define them for all languages. 2. We also couldn't base a solution on another draft document. 3. Even if we could do all of this, getting each HTML-family work group to agree on a set of common @rel types would be nearly impossible for our small group to accomplish while working on RDF in XHTML. > You are aware of MNot's "Web Linking" draft > (<http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/draft-nottingham-http-link-header-05.html>), > and the fact that it seems to enjoy support from the TAG? Thanks for pointing it out, I wasn't aware of that draft :). RDFa can be used in non-web-languages, so we shouldn't go overboard by saying that the Web Linking draft should apply for all languages that use RDFa. I agree that it would be good for web languages to standardize around that draft for LinkTypes... specifically for reserved @rel/@rev values in RDFa for HTML family languages. I've raised the issue[1] with the RDFa Task Force... we'll discuss further on that list. -- manu [1]http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2009May/0054.html -- Manu Sporny President/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. blog: A Collaborative Distribution Model for Music http://blog.digitalbazaar.com/2009/04/04/collaborative-music-model/
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