ISSUE-14: Determine if another attribute should be created to declare prefix mappings
alternate prefix declaration mechanism
Determine if another attribute should be created to declare prefix mappings
- State:
- CLOSED
- Product:
- RDFa 1.1 Core
- Raised by:
- Manu Sporny
- Opened on:
- 2010-02-07
- Description:
- One of the biggest arguments against RDFa is its use of xmlns: - some have argued that we should attempt to find an alternate prefix declaration mechanism. @prefix and @token have been mentioned several times and reaction was largely positive, but mixed. We should generate a proposal to see if we can transition away from xmlns:
More in this thread:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2009Dec/0035.html - Related Actions Items:
- No related actions
- Related emails:
- Comments on RDFa Core 1.1 Working Draft (from david@3roundstones.com on 2012-01-11)
- Closing ACTIONS and ISSUES (from msporny@digitalbazaar.com on 2010-04-21)
- RDFa WG telecon minutes for 2010-04-08 (from msporny@digitalbazaar.com on 2010-04-08)
- Re: Telecon Agenda - 8th April 2010, 1400 UTC (from robert_weir@us.ibm.com on 2010-04-08)
- Re: Telecon Agenda - 8th April 2010, 1400 UTC (from markus.gylling@gmail.com on 2010-04-08)
- Re: Telecon Agenda - 8th April 2010, 1400 UTC (from Steven.Pemberton@cwi.nl on 2010-04-08)
- Telecon Agenda - 8th April 2010, 1400 UTC (from msporny@digitalbazaar.com on 2010-04-05)
- Re: Telecon Agenda - 1st April 2010, 1400 UTC (from ivan@w3.org on 2010-03-31)
- Re: Telecon Agenda - 1st April 2010, 1400 UTC (from mark.birbeck@webbackplane.com on 2010-03-31)
- Re: Telecon Agenda - 1st April 2010, 1400 UTC (from mark.birbeck@webbackplane.com on 2010-03-31)
- Telecon Agenda - 1st April 2010, 1400 UTC (from msporny@digitalbazaar.com on 2010-03-30)
- Re: ISSUE-1: Using RDF to express tokens/keywords (from mark.birbeck@webbackplane.com on 2010-03-14)
- ISSUE-1: Using RDF to express tokens/keywords (from msporny@digitalbazaar.com on 2010-03-14)
- ISSUE-14 (alternate prefix declaration mechanism): Determine if another attribute should be created to declare prefix mappings [RDFa 1.1 Core] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2010-02-07)
Related notes:
There have been a number of resolutions that found that an alternate declaration mechanism was necessary:
http://www.w3.org/2010/02/rdfa/meetings/2010-04-15#resolution_4
http://www.w3.org/2010/02/rdfa/meetings/2010-04-15#resolution_6
The new @prefix mechanism now exists in the RDFa Core spec:
http://www.w3.org/2010/02/rdfa/drafts/2010/ED-rdfa-core-20100414/#s_syntax
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