- From: Tantek Çelik <tantek@cs.stanford.edu>
- Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 01:00:31 -0800
- To: Jens Meiert <jens.meiert@erde3.com>, <www-html@w3.org>
On 10/30/03 12:18 AM, "Jens Meiert" <jens.meiert@erde3.com> wrote: > > Only some thoughts: It seems to me that it's at first necessary to see why > and where I need such a <datetime /> element (or anything similar), and I came > to the conclusion that you don't inevitably need it for simple rendering > purposes. Simple rendering is an attribute not a purpose. The purpose is simple semantics. <time> is more semantic than <span class="time"> > Last but not least, I think there is already a sufficient and generic way to > indicate date and time, see Dublin Core [1], although having the same > characteristics as mentioned above (defining normally only one specific format > for > an release/update date or period). An user agent might parse this in a user > demanded way, too, like expected from the (preferred?) 'attribute version'. Dublin Core date and time simply also refers to ISO8601. It does not define any date time XML element(s). > Better keep the markup simple. Data comes before metadata. Data markup is also simpler than metadata markup. Yes. It *is* better to keep the markup simple. > Jens. > > > [1] http://dublincore.org/documents/date-element/ Tantek
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