RE: Question from the RDF-in-XHTML task force on the HTML Role Attribute

Hi Geoff,

> Seems like in one case you're making a statement about a 
> portion of the document (<div role="xf:hint">), but in the 
> other you're making a statement about something that the 
> portion of the document somehow represents or refers to (<div 
> role="foaf:Person">). Is there a way to distinguish between 
> those cases? If not, maybe role can't serve two roles and 
> you'd be better off with some other shorthand to deal with 
> the latter case.

So can I put you down for an 'against', but favouring a new attribute?

Thanks for your input.

Regards,

Mark


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