- From: Jonathan A Rees <rees@mumble.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:05:40 -0500
- To: Jeni Tennison <jeni@jenitennison.com>
- Cc: "www-tag@w3.org List" <www-tag@w3.org>
This looks great. Nit: As I said in IRC at the F2F,
application/xhtml+xml *already* has such a registry, i.e. the XHTML
namespace document. The right place to reference a new registry would
be there, and that's OK (right?). No need to issue a new RFC for
xhtml.
Jonathan
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Jeni Tennison <jeni@jenitennison.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> To complete ACTION-642 (with many thanks to Larry):
>
> There is currently no direct path, following definitional specifications,
> from an HTML document to the specs for extensions such as microdata or RDFa.
> The goal is to ensure there is such a path to "applicable
> specifications".
>
> We will work with PLH, in consultation with the HTML WG, to create a
> W3C-sponsored registry of applicable HTML extensions and their
> specifications. The W3C-sponsored registry might also include references
> to other registries of applicable specifications maintained by other
> groups and organizations.
>
> Once the basics and location of the registry is settled, we will work to
> ensure that this registry is referenced within revised Internet Media Type
> registrations for text/html and application/html+xml.
>
> This will allow a direct chain ("follow-your-nose") from content-type labels
> to the set of specifications covering the expected behavior of applications
> attempting to interpret data with that label.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeni
> --
> Jeni Tennison
> http://www.jenitennison.com
>
>
Received on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 16:06:12 UTC