9137 2010-02-24 12:36:37 +0000 i'd like to encode a geographical position in the format like <span itemprop=geo itemvalue="lat;lon">HUMAN-FRIENDLY- and LOCALIZED-LAT, LON</span>, but current microdata syntax does not allow it. <meta itemprop=geo content=...> could be used, but contain 2013-03-20 00:14:51 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WHATWG HTML unspecified Other other RESOLVED WORKSFORME http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#md-vcard-geo P3 normal Unsorted 1 contributor ian ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking robin public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 32618 0 contributor 2010-02-24 12:36:37 +0000 Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#md-vcard-geo Comment: i'd like to encode a geographical position in the format like <span itemprop=geo itemvalue="lat;lon">HUMAN-FRIENDLY- and LOCALIZED-LAT, LON</span>, but current microdata syntax does not allow it. <meta itemprop=geo content=...> could be used, but container element is preferred for the ease of scripting and styling. Posted from: 220.210.139.122 34063 1 ian 2010-03-29 05:52:13 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: For now, you can use <meta name="geo itemvalue="lat;lon">HUMAN-FRIENDLY- and LOCALIZED-LAT,LON ...but on the long run we might add some ways to do this. (There have been other requests along similar lines for various types, e.g. ratings). I'd like to wait until we have more experience with microdata before adding this, though, so that we can do it right. Baby steps. 82068 2 mike 2013-01-24 07:55:41 +0000 This bug was cloned to create HTML WG bug 19019. 84695 3 ian 2013-03-20 00:14:51 +0000 <data> supports this now.