ISSUE-83: RDF/XML: Incorrect reference for use of HTML rel="meta"
HTML-rel-meta
RDF/XML: Incorrect reference for use of HTML rel="meta"
- State:
- CLOSED
- Product:
- RDF XML
- Raised by:
- Richard Cyganiak
- Opened on:
- 2012-02-18
- Description:
- The 2004 RDF/XML spec has a section on “Using RDF/XML with HTML and XHTMLâ€:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-syntax-grammar-20040210/#section-rdf-in-HTML
This section states:
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The DCMI has used and recommended rel="meta" when linking in RFC 2731 — Encoding Dublin Core Metadata in HTML [RFC-2731]
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However, flicking through RFC2731, I can't find any mention of rel="meta". So it seems that the reference is wrong:
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2731.txt
I found a Dublin Core document that explicitly recommends rel="meta", but it is marked as SUPERSEDED, and I cannot find rel="meta" recommended in any of the documents that replace it:
http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmes-xml/
So it may be the case that the DCMI no longer recommends the use of rel="meta".
I note however that rel="meta" is recommended by FOAF, GoodRelations, and W3C's “Cool URIs for the Semantic Web†document, and generally in fairly wide use. A roundup of links is here:
http://microformats.org/wiki/rel-meta
A separate question is whether this section should be in the RDF/XML spec at all, given that it's not syntax-specific. Maybe the Primer is a better place? - Related Actions Items:
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- Related emails:
- Re: Proposal for ISSUE-83: RDF/XML: Incorrect reference for use of HTML rel="meta" (from ivan@w3.org on 2013-12-11)
- Proposal for ISSUE-83: RDF/XML: Incorrect reference for use of HTML rel="meta" (from guus.schreiber@vu.nl on 2013-12-11)
- Re: RDF-ISSUE-83 (HTML-rel-meta): RDF/XML: Incorrect reference for use of HTML rel='meta' [RDF General] (from ivan@w3.org on 2012-02-18)
- RDF-ISSUE-83 (HTML-rel-meta): RDF/XML: Incorrect reference for use of HTML rel='meta' [RDF General] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2012-02-18)
Related notes:
Resolution at 11 Dec 2013 telecon to remove the relevant section:
https://www.w3.org/2013/meeting/rdf-wg/2013-12-11#resolution_2
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