Re: [RDFa] issues meta/link outside of head and browsers implementation

The HTML Working Group (still meeting every week, not sure what you mean 
about if/when we restart) already has such a profile in development.  
Watch this space.

Karl Dubost wrote:
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> Adding olivier Théreaux,
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> Le 13 févr. 2007 à 22:57, Ben Adida a écrit :
>> Which brings up an important topic: validation. It would be good if we
>> started a discussion on how it might be possible to extend HTML with
>> extra attributes (and possibly elements, although we can start with
>> attributes for now). This discussion must involve the validation team,
>> since the biggest issue for RDFa is that: it breaks nothing in existing
>> browsers, but it breaks the validator. How do we bridge that gap? How do
>> we allow for valid HTML extensions without having to push out a new HTML
>> recommendation?
>>
>> RDFa is, for the most part, a simple proposal. The process of getting it
>> to validate is far too complicated by comparison.
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> May we (olivier and I) could publish a W3C Team Note with a
>     XHTML + RDFa profile
> ala An XHTML + MathML + SVG Profile [1]
> Or maybe this Task Force could do it, though I'm not sure the previous 
> HTML WG would agree or the HTML CG.
>
> I do not say that it is the right solution, I'm just exploring ideas 
> for now. :)
> Olivier might jump in the discussion to say what he thinks.
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> [1]: http://www.w3.org/TR/XHTMLplusMathMLplusSVG/
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