ISSUE-66

What is the Subject of @instanceof ?

State:
CLOSED
Product:
RDFa
Raised by:
Ralph Swick
Opened on:
2007-11-29
Description:
To what node does the instanceof attribute apply?

From Manu's summary [1], which of the following options do we choose:

(a) @instanceof applies to the current element it is defined on.
(b) @instanceof applies to the chaining node.

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2007Nov/0044.html

See most recent (as of 2007-11-29) threads:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2007Nov/0001.html
"@about/@instanceof discussion"
and
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2007Nov/thread.html#msg30
 "chaining-friendly rules for @instanceof"
Related emails:
  1. ISSUE-66: What is the Subject of @instanceof ? (from dean+cgi@w3.org on 2007-11-29)

Related notes:

2008-02-06: resolved as: "@href/@resource without @rel/@rev/@about sets the subject for @instanceof on same element." Note related resolution: "@href/@resource without @rel/@rev/@about sets the subject for @property on the same element." all on 2008-01-24: http://www.w3.org/2008/01/24-rdfa-minutes.html