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Bug 22783 - Implement WG decision to remove Microdata
Summary: Implement WG decision to remove Microdata
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Windows NT
: P1 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: This bug has no owner yet - up for the taking
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Keywords: CR
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Reported: 2013-07-23 17:33 UTC by Travis Leithead [MSFT]
Modified: 2013-08-16 21:00 UTC (History)
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Description Travis Leithead [MSFT] 2013-07-23 17:33:27 UTC
From: Paul Cotton [mailto:Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com] 
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 6:13 PM
To: public-html-admin@w3.org
Cc: Robin Berjon; Michael[tm] Smith
Subject: WG Decision to remove Microdata from HTML 5.0, remove JS API, continue HTML Microdata as a separate spec

No one objected to the CfC to remove Microdata from HTML 5.0, remove JS API, and to continue HTML Microdata as a separate spec by the Wed Jul 17 deadline.
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-admin/2013Jul/0019.html

Therefore, the HTML Working Group hereby resolves to handle the Microdata discussion as specified in the above referenced CfC.

The Editors are requested to carry out the directions of the CfC:

a) to remove all references to Microdata from the HTML 5.0 CR draft,
b) to remove the Javascript API from the Microdata spec, and
c) to publish the separate "HTML Microdata" document as an extension spec (iff editorial resources can be found).

/paulc
HTML WG co-chair

Paul Cotton, Microsoft Canada
17 Eleanor Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K2E 6A3
Tel: (425) 705-9596 Fax: (425) 936-7329
Comment 1 Travis Leithead [MSFT] 2013-08-08 22:34:32 UTC
I've combed through the current CR Draft spec of HTML5.0. The bulk of the Microdata definitions, etc., seem to already be removed, but I did find these vestiges:

(1) HTMLDataElement
* Mentions microdata in conjunction with microformats (giving it equal footing) in relation to the value attribute of that element. This seems fine to leave in.

(2) HTMLTimeElement.dateTime (code example)
* Provides a code example using microdata. However, this code example is paired with 4-5 other code examples illustrating how the datatime attribute is used for the <time> element in a variety of formats such as microformats (ex. 1), schema.org microdata (ex. 3), ISO8601 (ex. 4), and some other normal date and timezone+date examples (5 & 6). I think it's OK to leave these references to microdata in the spec within the context of exploratory examples of this sort.

(3) HTMLMeterElement
* A one-liner about how to interpret meter's value in the context of Microdata. This is a good candidate to remove as it is specific to microdata.

(4) Drag-drop processing model
* Step 6, puts some Microdata into the clipboard if the dragged nodes contain microdata. This entire step can be dropped to avoid the microdata reference without compromising the integrity of the algorithm.

(5) Acknowledgements
* A special thanks callout to folks of the Microdata usability study for helping guide the design of Microdata. While it feels a little cold to strip this out, leaving it in could lead someone to reason that there should be a feature called Microdata in this spec, which there will not be. Therefore, I think this should be removed as well.

So to re-cap, my plan is to remove occurrences 3-5 above from HTML5.0 CR, and I think that will satisfy the Chair's CfC above.
Comment 2 Travis Leithead [MSFT] 2013-08-16 21:00:36 UTC
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   http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html

Status: Accepted
Change Description: Removed occurances of microdata as previously outlined

Commit details:
https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/9ae7583d28ef1e0e6042943f7fafd98113bbb4f0