ISSUE-110
Last Call Comment: why is @src the same as @about instead of @href?
- State:
- CLOSED
- Product:
- RDFa
- Raised by:
- Ben Adida
- Opened on:
- 2008-04-03
- Description:
raised by Laurens Holst in [1]: """ Second, are you sure that it is a good idea to give @src different semantics than @href? I think it would probably be better if they had the same semantics in RDFa. The reason for this is that I find the difference between overriding @src and @href values (as explained in the Primer [2] section 3.6) confusing, and it is not really clear to me why they are treated differently. After all, they both reference a resource in a very similar manner, only differing in the way the resource is displayed. The usefulness of treating @src as @about also seems to be rather limited, as <img> can not have child content and you can thus specify at most three triples; one with a literal object, one with a resource object, and one reverse relation of the resource. Or, maybe @href should also be treated as @about? """ A good response by Mark in [2]. May be enough, will discuss with task force. [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2008Mar/0309.html [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2008Mar/0311.html
- Related emails:
- ISSUE-110: Last Call Comment: why is @src the same as @about instead of @href? (from dean+cgi@w3.org on 2008-04-03)
Related notes:
2008-04-30: RESOLVED in http://www.w3.org/2008/04/17-rdfa-minutes.html as "we considered @src in both subject and object positions, and resolved that the current situation - it's equivalent to @about - is more useful to authors."
2008-05-21: Laurens Holst accepts resolution: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2008May/0156.html
2008-06-12: ACTION: Reject
2008-06-12: CHANGE-TYPE: None
2008-06-12: RESOLUTION: we considered @src in both subject and object positions, and resolved that the current situation - it's equivalent to @about - is more useful to authors.
2008-06-12: COMMENTER-RESPONSE: Accept