Re: validation problems with respec output

On 2012-07-05 13:10, Michael[tm] Smith wrote:
> ...
> 2. rel="biblioentry" in bibliography links. The HTML5 spec requires all rel
> values to either be defined in the HTML5 spec itself or to be registered as
> a valid values at http://microformats.org/wiki/existing-rel-values
>
> "biblioentry" is listed there, but in the "dropped" section
> http://microformats.org/wiki/existing-rel-values#dropped which says "In
> general, you should not use any dropped values." And the reason biblioentry
> is listed in that section is because it was once listed in a pre-HTML4
> non-normative "Proposed Relationship Values" draft but never actually ended
> up being included in the HTML4 specification. So there is actually no
> normative specification for biblioentry anywhere.
> ...

I agree that not properly defined rel names should not be used.

On the other hand, the validity thing is incorrect; we have 
<http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Mar/0556.html> 
(decided over three months ago but not in the spec yet) which makes 
these checks optional.

Best regards, Julian

Received on Friday, 6 July 2012 06:56:37 UTC