IRC log of swbp on 2006-01-10

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zakim, this will be rdfxhtml
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ok, RalphS; I see SW_BPD(rdfxhtml)10:00AM scheduled to start in 2 minutes
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Meeting: SWBPD RDF-in-XHTML TF
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Chair: Ben
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Agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2006Jan/0007.html
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+??P29
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zakim, i am ?
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+MarkB; got it
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zakim, ??p3 is Jeremy
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+Jeremy; got it
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Ralph: Pat Hayes' endorsement of CURIE was nice to see
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zakim, dial steven-617
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ok, Steven; the call is being made
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+Steven
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Jeremy: yes, QName dependence on URI rather than IRI is going to be an issue
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See http://www.w3.org/2006/01/10-swbp-irc#T15-08-09
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-> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swbp-wg/2006Jan/0025.html Re: [ALL] RDF/A Primer for review [Pat Hayes\
15:09:42 [Steven]
rrsagent, make log public
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Ralph: VM Task Force willing to swap times with us
15:10:56 [jeremy]
(On URI/IRI issue:
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http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/
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RESOLVED: TF time will move to 1400 UTC starting 24 Jan
15:11:26 [jeremy]
An XML namespace is a collection of names, identified by a URI reference [RFC2396],
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Topic: Making a Home for the RDF/A Syntax and CURIE Syntax documents
15:11:47 [jeremy]
(not an IRI reference, or something that would encode as a URI ref)
15:11:57 [benadida]
RalphS: unofficial yet, but intention is to ask for a 3-month extension to SWBPD to complete docs
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... this task force likely will make a case to finish the RDF/A Primer document
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... extension is a W3C management decision, not AC.
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... shouldn't remove pressure on us though
15:13:33 [RalphS]
Steven: first HTML WG telecon of 2006 is tomorrow
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... expect "heads-down" to get final edits done and Last Call published ASAP
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Ben: where will the RDFA-syntax document material go?
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Steven: expect to cite that document
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Ralph: I was under the impression that the RDFA-syntax material would be merged into the XHTML document
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Mark: yes, the content will go into the XHTML spec
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... this takes care of an initial concern that it was important to incorporate the material into the spec proper
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Steven: the content will be part of the XHTML2 specification, yes
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Ben: the previous XHTML WD had a much shorter version, which wasn't sufficient for an implementor; e.g. Jeremy
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... where will the extended prose that deals with the edge cases live?
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Steven: with the XHTML2 spec we want to avoid what happened with the HTML 4 spec that a single document tried to address both implementors and authors
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... we hope to create a normative specification and a separate tutorial document
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Ben: do we need to publish RDFA-syntax as a separate document?
15:23:28 [benadida]
MarkB: if RDF/A normative is part of XHTML2, then why pull out the RDF/A material as a primer?
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Ralph: mostly for sharing the workload
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Ralph: having a standalone RDFA syntax document creates other worries
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... pragmatically, we don't have sufficient resources to maintain 3 separate docs
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... it would be easier to advance RDF/A as part of XHTML2 for now, split it out later
15:26:57 [RalphS]
Mark: I've been thinking recently about an XHTML1 module
15:26:59 [Steven]
q+
15:28:30 [benadida]
Ralph: this TF should complete this design in the context of XHTML2, then once completed, extract it as a module
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ack Steven
15:29:14 [danbri2]
q+ to speak in favour of this (an xhtml1 compat strategy)
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Ralph: worried about delaying this work too much by trying to generalize it
15:29:41 [RalphS]
Steven: XHTML2 is in fact designed as a bunch of new modules
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... you can't do this in XHTML1 modularization because RDF/A uses features that are not in XHTML1 modularization
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... e.g. in XHTML1 modularization href is restricted to certain elements
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... so doing RDF/A in XHTML1 requires a revision of XHTML1 modularization
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... XHTML1 is itself a set of modules
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... the document of modularization for XHTMl1 is being worked on in the background
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... once the new version of modularization is published you would be able to use any module with any of the languages
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... but there are still restrictions on use with XHTML1 for such things as href and attribute name clashes
15:32:48 [Zakim]
danbri, you wanted to speak in favour of this (an xhtml1 compat strategy)
15:33:12 [RalphS]
DanBri: I'd like a public statement of intent to make RDF/A usable with XHTML1
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... in hallway conversations people are support of RDF/A but don't want to wait for XHTML2 to be deployed
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Steven: yes, but still needs a rev to XHTML1
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Mark: even XHTML1.1?
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Steven: yes, still need a rev even to XHTML1.1
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DanBri: would the CDF Working Group be a possible deployment path?
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Steven: still have to deal with the attribute clashes between XHTML 1.1 and RDF/A
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... all the attribute names used by RDF/A exist already in XHTML 1.1
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... certain elements would end up with two attributes of the same name
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... there is a common set of attributes that can exist everywhere plus element-specific attributes
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... so some elements would end up with two "href" attributes
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Mark: we could recreate the anchor module to remove href
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Steve: yes, exactly
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Mark: in the 1.1 schemas I demonstrated to the Compound Document people a way to redefine the 'A' module to remove href
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... don't need to recreate the "A" module
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Steven: not sure; I don't think redefinition allows you to remove an attribute from an element
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Ben: are we in agreement that as a statement of principle we want RDF/A to be useful with XHTML1?
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Steven: every group wants to add their one little thing to XHTML1
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... so we'd end up with 10 versions of XHTML1 rather than 1 language that has everything
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... this creates a divergence of markup languages in W3C
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+1 to Steven
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... and doesn't solve the problem all at once as it ought to
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Ben: in any case, making RDF/A work with XHTML1 is not going to happen in the remaining 2-3 months of this Task Force
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q+
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q+
15:41:08 [RalphS]
Ralph: not sure I was comfortable with the blanket high-level statement as there is a lot of work necessary to make that happen, as Steven was pointing out
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Jeremy: from the viewpoint of a SemWeb implementation of RDF/A I would expect, for example, that an implemenation like Jena would recognize XHTML documents containing RDF/A natively
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... and could be configured to recognize other documents that contain the RDF/A markup
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... in practice it's much more important to get the XHTML2 spec right than to worry about legacy documents
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... each community will deal separately with its user base
15:44:56 [danbri2]
(oh sorry; didn't presume to add the rel thing to this meeting... but that we should get it back on agendas... hopefully be back in a few mins)
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-DanBri
15:45:06 [RalphS]
Mark: in the examples I sent to Ben, most used features that can be done now in XHTML
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... should we think about a two-step process
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... e.g. putting an email address into a page and using rel="foaf:mbox"
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... we could look at what is possible now and later add to the language
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... rel="foaf:mbox" is like what microformats are trying to do
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... but they have to import all the vocabularies
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Ben: it's clear that RDF/A has to function well within XHTML2 first and foremost
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... so where is syntax specified for XHTML2?
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Steven: the XHTML2 syntax is all in schemas
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... the specification does give the exact content model in each module
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... there is special notation that indicates when something affects other modules
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... so each chapter (module) describes its content model
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... and an appendix contains the whole schema
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... so there'd be a schema module for RDF/A
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... it may be two modules; one that includes href and another that has the rest
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Ben: considering what you expect to have in the XHTML2 spec plus the RDF/A primer, would there be anything missing for an implementor?
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Steven: don't think so but an XHTML2 implementor might want more details on the mapping to RDF
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Mark: will any of Jeremy's implemenation work contribute to test cases?
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Jeremy: only a little.
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... the Jena implementation may have a test suite, though
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... but my goal is not the same level as represented by the RDF and OWL test cases
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Ben: the hole in the specs seems to be in the mapping of RDF/A to RDF
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Steven: I would hope that this is part of the XHTML2 document
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... in the minimal form necessary to make it correct and complete
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Ben: this (terseness & correctness) is what the RDFA-syntax document was aiming to do
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... what more does this task force need to do to help the HTML WG?
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Steven: I think we have what we need; it's just the mechanics of editing
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-Jeremy
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Ben: I want to make sure that the RDFA-syntax document from which the XHTML editors will be pulling is up-to-date with all our recent decisions
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ACTION: Steven inform the task force of a timeline for when a final RDFA-syntax document is needed by the XHTML2 editors
15:57:48 [Steven]
Donr !
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Done!
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Ralph: I expect that very shortly our TF focus will switch from looking at RDFA-syntax to looking at XHTML2 editor's draft to be sure our decisions are recorded
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Steven: yes
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s/Donr!//
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1 min
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Topic: RDF/A Primer
15:59:50 [danbri2]
can we put link types draft on the agenda for a future call i'll take care to join?
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Ben: one option would be to freeze the current editor's draft as a first WG Note and consider adding examples in a future revision
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Mark: I am very conscious of readers' initial impressions of a document
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... would not like the current editor's draft to remain as is for several months and be further cited
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Ben: the Task Force needs to present a document to the SWBPD WG for review and publishing before the WG charter expires
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Ralph: the content of the CURIE specification document is to be merged into the XHTML2 document also, correct?
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Steven: yes, that is our expectation
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-Steven
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-Ben_Adida
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-MarkB
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-Ralph
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[adjourned]
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Attendees were Ben_Adida, MarkB, Ralph, DanBri, Jeremy, Steven
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rrsagent, please draft minutes
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2006/01/10-swbp-minutes.html RalphS
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