Re: HTML+RDFa Heartbeat Draft publishing request

>> Neither RDFa, nor Microdata are extension mechanisms that allow adding
>> "independently developed vocabularies" to HTML.
> 
> Could you describe the criteria by which one can recognise a mechanism for
> allowing the addition of independently developed vocabularies? I'm baffled
> as to what the point of RDFa and Microdata would be if not exactly that.

I'd have never thought that I find myself saying this, but: I agree with
Hixie. I can only speak for RDFa, but it is of course precisely this: to
allow the development and the inclusion of independently/distributed
developed vocabularies.

I must wonder how one can think this is not the case. Maybe I've missed
something, but, what are in your opinion, Julian, "extension mechanisms that
allow adding independently developed vocabularies to HTML" - can you give
examples, please?

Cheers,
      Michael

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> From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:39:10 +0000 (UTC)
> To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
> Cc: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>, Larry Masinter
> <masinter@adobe.com>, www-archive <www-archive@w3.org>
> Subject: Re: HTML+RDFa Heartbeat Draft publishing request
> Resent-From: <www-archive@w3.org>
> Resent-Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:39:40 +0000
> 
> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010, Julian Reschke wrote:
>> 
>> Neither RDFa, nor Microdata are extension mechanisms that allow adding
>> "independently developed vocabularies" to HTML.
> 
> Could you describe the criteria by which one can recognise a mechanism for
> allowing the addition of independently developed vocabularies? I'm baffled
> as to what the point of RDFa and Microdata would be if not exactly that.
> 
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