[Bug 15975] New: Incorrectly identified microdata as invalid

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=15975

           Summary: Incorrectly identified microdata as invalid
           Product: Validator (Nu)
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: General
        AssignedTo: mike+validator@w3.org
        ReportedBy: jonathan@inspiredbytes.net
         QAContact: www-validator-cvs@w3.org


The spec at WHAT WG relating to microdata allows 'idemprop' attribute on <img>
and <a>:
http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/microdata.html#microdata

Specifically: 
"When a string value is a URLs, it is expressed using the a element and its
href attribute, the img element and its src attribute, or other elements that
link to or embed external resources.

In this example, the item has one property, "image", whose value is a URL:

<div itemscope>
 <img itemprop="image" src="google-logo.png" alt="Google">
</div>"


Several of the microformat specifications/implementations at schema.org
recommend this. 


However, running the code example at http://www.schema.org/Person throws an
incorrect error.



<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">
      <span itemprop="name">Jane Doe</span>
      <img src="janedoe.jpg" itemprop="image" />

      <span itemprop="jobTitle">Professor</span>
      <div itemprop="address" itemscope
itemtype="http://schema.org/PostalAddress">
        <span itemprop="streetAddress">
          20341 Whitworth Institute
          405 N. Whitworth
        </span>
        <span itemprop="addressLocality">Seattle</span>,
        <span itemprop="addressRegion">WA</span>
        <span itemprop="postalCode">98052</span>
      </div>
      <span itemprop="telephone">(425) 123-4567</span>
      <a href="mailto:jane-doe@xyz.edu" itemprop="email">
        jane-doe@xyz.edu</a>

      Jane's home page:
      <a href="www.janedoe.com" itemprop="url">janedoe.com</a>

      Graduate students:
      <a href="www.xyz.edu/students/alicejones.html" itemprop="colleagues">
        Alice Jones</a>
      <a href="www.xyz.edu/students/bobsmith.html" itemprop="colleagues">
        Bob Smith</a>
    </div>
</body>
</html>



I'm not 100% certain if this is an issue with the validator or the spec.

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Received on Monday, 13 February 2012 17:13:12 UTC