- From: Ben Adida <ben@adida.net>
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:27:46 -0500
- To: mark.birbeck@x-port.net
- CC: "Hausenblas, Michael" <michael.hausenblas@joanneum.at>, Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>, boland@nist.gov, public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf@w3.org, public-swd-wg@w3.org, www-qa@w3.org
Michael, A few comments: - yes, useful document, just make sure it remains a quick overview and doesn't turn into another Primer :) - regarding Mark's point, I think you should simply call it "RDFa in HTML". Let's not talk about RDFa in other XML dialects right now (plus our group is not chartered for that.) -Ben Mark Birbeck wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > This is a useful document. However, everything you have done here > relates to XHTML. The goal of RDFa was always to provide a way to add > RDF to *any* mark-up, via attributes. In other words, it supports > augmenting SVG, as much as it supports XHTML. (In fact, someone has > even provided use-cases for using RDFa to augment RDF/XML.) > > So the document you are describing should either be less > XHTML-specific (which might be tricky) or it should not refer to > "RDFa", but perhaps something like "RDFa in XHTML" or "RDFa in HTML". > (The main environment in which RDFa will be initially deployed will be > HTML.) > > Regards, > > Mark > > On 13/02/07, Hausenblas, Michael <michael.hausenblas@joanneum.at> wrote: >> >> >> Karl, Tim, All, >> >> Thanks a lot for your comments. Due to these encouraging >> postings I have now put together a very first draft of the >> umbrella document [1]. >> >> Ben (1): This doc (cf. section 4) also partly addresses the >> action you (we both) haven taken to list the RDF coverage [2]. >> >> Ben (2): I also included the GRDDL-RDFa relation into this doc; >> IMHO it should be presented prominently to ensure that people reading >> the docs know who plays which role ;) >> >> Please let me know what you think ... >> >> Cheers, >> Michael >> >> >> Note: As this is the very first draft, do _not_ expect to much, >> though it should show the direction and tries to address >> all the issues (esp. Tim raised w.r.t. terminology, etc.) >> raised beforehand. >> >> [1] http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/RDFa/ >> [2] http://www.w3.org/2007/02/12-htmltf-minutes.html#action08 >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> Michael Hausenblas, MSc. >> Institute of Information Systems & Information Management >> JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH >> >> http://www.joanneum.at/iis/ >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: Karl Dubost [mailto:karl@w3.org] >> >Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 7:17 AM >> >To: Hausenblas, Michael >> >Cc: public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf@w3.org; public-swd-wg@w3.org; www-qa@w3.org >> >Subject: Re: [RDFa] Yet another QA-related question >> > >> > >> >Le 9 févr. 2007 à 17:27, Hausenblas, Michael a écrit : >> >> So what is missing in my (limited) understanding is a document >> >> that actually _is_ the umbrella specification document. This >> >> document (overview, guide, etc.) might state that the RDFa spec >> >> consists of the following documents, as of [2]: >> >> >> >> + XHTML Metainformation Module >> >> + XHTML Metainformation Attributes Module >> >> + RDFa Primer 1.0 >> >> + RDFa Syntax >> >> + RDFa Use Cases: Scenarios for Embedding RDF in HTML >> >> + RDFa Test Suite >> >> >> >> Am I totally wrong with this? >> > >> >Totally on target! Your umbrellas specification is the document which >> >ties everything together, help to have a global overview of the >> >technology, it is somehow the key entrance for the rest of your >> >documents. It is a kind of meta table of contents with guidance or >> >the book introduction if you prefer. >> > >> >> Cheers, >> >> Michael >> >> >> >> >> >> BTW, Karl D.: As I followed your advice to CC: www-qa@w3.org, >> >> I would very much appreciate comments from your side as well :) >> >> The same applies to other posts ([4] and [5]) from the last days >> >> ... >> > >> > >> >That's really cool. Answering the questions, you are asking, will >> >benefit other people. QA Framework: Specification is a set of tools >> >to better define a technology and help to write a specification. >> > >> >> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/spec-variability/ >> >> [2] http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/wiki/RDFa#RDFa_documents >> >> [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/spec-variability/#umbrella >> >> [4] >> >> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2007Feb/ >> >> 0028. >> >> html >> >> [5] >> >> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2007Feb/ >> >> 0027. >> >> html >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Michael Hausenblas, MSc. >> >> Institute of Information Systems & Information Management >> >> JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH >> >> Steyrergasse 17, A-8010 Graz, AUSTRIA >> >> >> >> <office> >> >> phone: +43-316-876-1193 (fax:-1191) >> >> e-mail: michael.hausenblas@joanneum.at >> >> web: http://www.joanneum.at/iis/ >> >> >> >> <private> >> >> mobile: +43-660-7621761 >> >> web: http://www.sw-app.org/ >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> >-- >> >Karl Dubost - http://www.w3.org/People/karl/ >> >W3C Conformance Manager, QA Activity Lead >> > QA Weblog - http://www.w3.org/QA/ >> > *** Be Strict To Be Cool *** >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> > >
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