Re: @rel syntax in RDFa (relevant to ISSUE-60 discussion), was: Using XMLNS in link/@rel

Steven Pemberton wrote:
>> Yes. Using a safe-CURIE wouldn't have prevented that, but at least it 
>> wouldn't break URIs in rel values.
> 
> Wait, you can't use URIs as rel values, because "next" is just as valid 
> a URI as "http://www.w3.org/foo". You would have to have a 'safe uri' 
> format such as "<next>" and "<http://www.w3.org/foo>" to make it 
> possible to interpret a rel directly as a URI.

The string "next" is a URI reference 
(<http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc3986.html#rfc.section.4.1>), not a 
URI (<http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc3986.html#rfc.section.3>).

Best regards, Julian

Received on Thursday, 5 March 2009 16:15:54 UTC