ISSUE-113

Last Call Comment: clarify situation around document fragments containing RDFa

State:
CLOSED
Product:
RDFa
Raised by:
Ben Adida
Opened on:
2008-04-03
Description:
raised by Micah Dubinko in [1]:

"""
In many cases, such as clipboard operations, fragments of XHTML+RDFa 
might be passed around, in which case valuable triples still might be 
extracted from the fragment. Of course, there will always be potential 
cases where the process of extracting the fragment "breaks" the triple 
(or relies on additional context before being processed). But there will 
also be cases where complete triples remain intact in the fragment.

If the RDFa spec doesn't describe what to do in these cases, ad-hoc 
solutions might take hold without the benefit of careful discussion.

Please mention this possibility in the specification, describe normative 
behavior, and produce test cases for the behavior.

The Last Call specification specifies special handling for the <head> 
and <body> elements. Please specify processing rules and conditions that 
apply to document fragments containing RDFa, in particular for cases 
where no <head> nor <body> element would be encountered.
"""

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2008Mar/0381.html
Related emails:
  1. ISSUE-113: Last Call Comment: clarify situation around document fragments containing RDFa (from dean+cgi@w3.org on 2008-04-03)
  2. meeting record: 2008-04-24 RDF-in-XHTML TF telecon (from michael.hausenblas@joanneum.at on 2008-04-25)
  3. meeting record: 2008-05-01 RDFa telecon (from swick@w3.org on 2008-05-01)
  4. [RDFa] Telecon Thursday - 1500 UTC (from ben@adida.net on 2008-06-04)
  5. RE: [RDFa] Telecon Thursday - 1500 UTC (from michael.hausenblas@joanneum.at on 2008-06-05)
  6. meeting record: 2008-06-05 RDF-in-XHTML task force (from swick@w3.org on 2008-06-05)

Related notes:

2008-05-08: proposed paragraph in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2008May/0030.html

2008-06-05: RESOLUTION: close ISSUE-113 as "we will not be specifying processing rules for fragments, though a future version of the spec may do so. We don't rule out the use case." -- http://www.w3.org/2008/06/05-rdfa-minutes#item03

2008-06-09: RESOLVED as "we will not be specifying processing rules for fragments, though a future version of the spec may do so. We don't rule out the use case." in telecon: http://www.w3.org/2008/06/05-rdfa-minutes#item03

2008-06-12: Micah ACCEPTs the resolution: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2008Jun/0066.html

2008-06-12: ACTION: Partial Accept

2008-06-12: CHANGE-TYPE: Editorial

2008-06-12: RESOLUTION: we will not be specifying processing rules for fragments, though a future version of the spec may do so. We don't rule out the use case. We added a non-normative explanation of how fragments may contain RDFa.

2008-06-12: COMMENTER-RESPONSE: Accept