5821 2008-06-29 08:28:42 +0000 meta/@scheme missing 2010-10-04 14:31:36 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified PC Windows XP RESOLVED NEEDSINFO TrackerIssue P2 normal --- 1 julian.reschke mike ian laura.lee.carlson mike mjs public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 20976 0 julian.reschke 2008-06-29 08:28:42 +0000 This is a reminder that the removal of meta/@scheme needs to be reviewed. Note that RFC 2731 ("Encoding Dublin Core Metadata in HTML") recommends using this attribute for type information, and that <http://code.google.com/webstats/2005-12/metadata.html> indicates "Continuing up the chart we see scheme and lang. Further research will be needed to find out how scheme is used.". Further note that RFC 2731 seems to propose a solution to a problem that RDFa also covers. So adoption of a RDFa compatible format may also take care of this problem. 20977 1 ian 2008-06-29 08:47:40 +0000 Was this bug intended for me or for the working group in general? It's not clear who the "reminder" is for. <meta scheme> was studied years ago, before the W3C got involved I think. I don't plan to study it again unless there's some new data that needs considering. 20978 2 julian.reschke 2008-06-29 09:05:30 +0000 (In reply to comment #1) > Was this bug intended for me or for the working group in general? It's not > clear who the "reminder" is for. It's a reminder for all of us. > <meta scheme> was studied years ago, before the W3C got involved I think. I > don't plan to study it again unless there's some new data that needs > considering. Then it would be totally useful if you could add a pointer to that research. 20979 3 ian 2008-06-29 09:22:47 +0000 I've no idea where it was documented. A search in the archives for "scheme attribute" would probably find it, if it was done in response to e-mails sent to the WHATWG list. If it was done without prompting then I doubt there's any public record of it. Reassigning to Mike to get it off my list -- FWIW, I believe the correct procedure here for working group reminders is to use the tracker tool rather than Bugzilla, but Mike can probably give better guidance here. 29727 4 julian.reschke 2009-11-25 12:25:40 +0000 meta/@scheme is not defined in HTML5, but it was in HTML4. Note that the text under "12.2 Non-conforming features": "scheme on meta elements Use only one scheme per field, or make the scheme declaration part of the value." can't be considered a proper description. On the other hand, the document currently claims in the IANA registration for text/html to be a complete definition. 29728 5 julian.reschke 2009-11-25 12:34:57 +0000 Note: Changes should be requested only when there are serious omissions or errors in the published specification. When review is required, a change request may be denied if it renders entities that were valid under the previous definition invalid under the new definition. <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4288#section-9> 29870 6 mjs 2009-12-01 19:50:48 +0000 It looks like this has an overdue request to create a tracker issue. Mike? 29910 7 mike 2009-12-03 15:08:16 +0000 (In reply to comment #6) > It looks like this has an overdue request to create a tracker issue. Mike? I'll try to get it added today, but I would be happy if somebody else were to do it in the mean time. Julian? 30385 8 mjs 2010-01-04 14:38:14 +0000 putting this bug in RESOLVED state since that's the right state for a tracker request. 30387 9 julian.reschke 2010-01-04 14:50:55 +0000 Re-opening until we actually do have a related tracker issue. 30388 10 mjs 2010-01-04 15:43:57 +0000 (In reply to comment #9) > Re-opening until we actually do have a related tracker issue. > The need for a tracker issue is indicated by the TrackerRequest keyword. Per the process, it's correct for a bug awaiting a tracker issue to be resolved and marked TrackerRequest. See <http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html>. Note: I have a query for all bugs tagged with TrackerRequest and I will make sure they all get into the tracker. 31312 11 julian.reschke 2010-01-28 14:44:20 +0000 Raised as http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/99