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Bug 10161 - Mention <meta content=""> specifically in Microdata’s basic syntax
Summary: Mention <meta content=""> specifically in Microdata’s basic syntax
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML Microdata (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2010-07-14 07:41 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-05 13:03 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2010-07-14 07:41:31 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete.html#the-basic-syntax

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Mention <meta content=""> specifically in Microdata’s basic syntax

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Comment 1 Oli Studholme 2010-07-14 07:46:07 UTC 
While <meta content=""> is in the final example in 5.1.2 The basic syntax, and is covered directly in 5.2.4 Values, it would be good to formally introduce it here too.

Given bit rot of invisible data, it would also be nice to include a “best practice” note (either with the last example in 5.1.2 The basic syntax, or in a new segment of this covering <meta>) to recommend annotating page content if the data is already present.
Comment 2 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-09-08 00:40:46 UTC 
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: It's intentionally not mentioned, because of the hidden metadata problem. Apparently (according to psychology research) telling people not to do something (or rather, telling people a negative) often results in people remembering the opposite, so I'd rather not discourage it explicitly.