- From: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:14:00 -0400
- To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- CC: Kornel Lesinski <kornel@geekhood.net>, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>, public-html@w3.org
On 04/03/2010 06:34 PM, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > On Sat, 03 Apr 2010 02:00:32 -0700, Julian Reschke > <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote: >> The attribute is an HTML attribute, but it's value space is defined by >> the HTTP header registry. >> >> Changing this in general *will* cause objections (yes, those). > > Please stop the drama. In the ten years it was deployed it was never > implemented as HTML4 specified. No wonder its semantics are being > changed to match reality. +1 to less drama. The way to effect change is to start with bug reports. As to whether or not the current semantics reflect reality, I'm not yet personally convinced. I suggest the following as staring points for people who wish to explore this area further: http://intertwingly.net/stories/2010/03/21/www.yahoo.co.jp#extensibility_meta http://intertwingly.net/stories/2010/03/21/www.w3.org#extensibility_meta http://intertwingly.net/stories/2010/03/21/www.twitter.com#extensibility_meta http://intertwingly.net/stories/2010/03/21/www.sina.com.cn#extensibility_meta http://intertwingly.net/stories/2010/03/21/www.qq.com#extensibility_meta http://intertwingly.net/stories/2010/03/21/www.nytimes.com#extensibility_meta http://intertwingly.net/stories/2010/03/21/www.myspace.com#extensibility_meta http://intertwingly.net/stories/2010/03/21/www.msn.com#extensibility_meta http://intertwingly.net/stories/2010/03/21/www.microsoft.com#extensibility_meta http://intertwingly.net/stories/2010/03/21/www.linkedin.com#extensibility_meta http://intertwingly.net/stories/2010/03/21/www.ibm.com#extensibility_meta http://intertwingly.net/stories/2010/03/21/www.facebook.com#extensibility_meta http://intertwingly.net/stories/2010/03/21/www.apple.com#extensibility_meta I'll start with: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9396 Depending on how that one fares, I may proceed onto Dublin Core Meta tags: http://dublincore.org/documents/dc-html/ ... both are seen on IBM's site. - Sam Ruby
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