ISSUE-73: Overlap of "predefined vocabularies" with other specifications

predefined-voc

Overlap of "predefined vocabularies" with other specifications

State:

CLOSED

Product:

HTML 5 spec

Raised by:

Julian Reschke

Opened on:

2009-06-03

Description:

Recently, new sections have been added to the spec, defining embedding/extraction of data in various formats, such as vCard, iCalendar, Atom, and BibTex.

The issues mentioned below a primarily about the vCard related stuff, but similar concerns apply to iCalendar and Atom as well (which both are IETF specs as well).

Procedural - the WG is working on trying to find consensus on all
sections of the spec; sections without consensus are to be removed (at
least that's my understanding of the process). Also, the editor himself
announced a "feature freeze" quite some time ago. So, why are we seeing
these new sections without *any* prior discussion?

Spec Size - the spec already is big, and there is no evidence that this
needs to be specified *inside* the HTML5 spec.

Extensibility - the current chapter copies terminology from RFC2426, but
misses it's extensibility hooks, and thus fails to mention things that
have been defined later, such as the IMPP type name.

Parsing - for some types, parsing rules are being rephrased from
RFC2426. There is a risk that they diverge.

Versioning - the IETF is revising vCard, see
<http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-vcarddav-vcardrev-07>. Is HTML5
going to freeze the vocabulary at a version that the IETF is currently
obsoleting?

HTML5-SPEC-SECTIONS [predefined-vocabularies predefined-vocabularies-0]

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION:
Resolved by a spec change that has moved the predefined vocabularies out of HTML5 and into separate drafts, none of which the HTML5 draft references or has any dependency on.
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Related Actions Items:

• ACTION-123 on Sam Ruby to Discuss choice of embedding vcard microdata instead of referencing IETF spec and defining conformance reqs for HTML5 - due 2009-10-31, closed

Related emails:

1. Re: CfC: Publish HTML5, RDFa heartbeats and Microdata, 2D Context and H:TML as FPWDs (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2010-02-10)
2. ACTION-166: Recheck status of issues 10 and 73 (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2010-01-07)
3. Re: CfC: Close ISSUE-73 predefined-voc (ends 2009-12-17) (from mjs@apple.com on 2010-01-03)
4. {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-12-17: action items, calls for consensus/proposals, task forces (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2009-12-15)
5. {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-12-17: action items, calls for consensus/proposals, task forces (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2009-12-15)
6. Re: HTML WG issues scheduled to close Dec 17 comments (from mjs@apple.com on 2009-12-12)
7. HTML WG issues scheduled to close Dec 17 comments (from masinter@adobe.com on 2009-12-12)
8. Re: {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-10-29: action items, calls for consensus/proposals, task forces (from shelley.just@gmail.com on 2009-12-10)
9. Re: {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-10-29: action items, calls for consensus/proposals, task forces (from shelley.just@gmail.com on 2009-12-10)
10. {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-10-29: action items, calls for consensus/proposals, task forces (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2009-12-09)
11. CfC: Close ISSUE-73 predefined-voc (ends 2009-12-17) (from mjs@apple.com on 2009-12-08)
12. minutes Re: {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-10-29: issues, action items, calls for consensus/proposals, task forces, F2F... (from cooper@w3.org on 2009-10-29)
13. Re: {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-10-29: issues, action items, calls for consensus/proposals, task forces, F2F... (from singer@apple.com on 2009-10-29)
14. {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-10-29: issues, action items, calls for consensus/proposals, task forces, F2F... (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2009-10-28)
15. Re: Microdata vocabulary specifications (from mjs@apple.com on 2009-10-05)
16. Re: Microdata vocabulary specifications (from mike@w3.org on 2009-10-05)
17. ISSUE-73, was: Microdata vocabulary specifications (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2009-10-05)
18. Re: Microdata vocabulary specifications (from mike@w3.org on 2009-10-05)
19. Producing Atom (was: Microdata vocabulary specifications) (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2009-10-04)
20. Re: Microdata vocabulary specifications (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-10-04)
21. Re: Microdata vocabulary specifications (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-10-04)
22. Re: Microdata vocabulary specifications (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2009-10-04)
23. Re: Microdata vocabulary specifications (from jonas@sicking.cc on 2009-10-04)
24. Re: Microdata vocabulary specifications (from mjs@apple.com on 2009-10-03)
25. Re: ISSUE-73 (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2009-09-10)
26. Agenda for HTML WG telcon 2009-09-10 - Accessibility TF, Testing TF, etc (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2009-09-09)
27. FW: Agenda for HTML WG telcon 2009-09-10 - Accessibility TF, Testing TF, etc (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2009-09-09)
28. ISSUE-73 (was: Agenda for HTML WG telcon 2009-09-10) (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2009-09-09)
29. Re: ISSUE-73 (Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications), was: Concerns about new section 'predefined vocabularies' (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2009-07-24)
30. Re: ISSUE-73 (Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications), was: Concerns about new section 'predefined vocabularies' (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-07-24)
31. RE: ISSUE-73 (Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications), was: Concerns about new section 'predefined vocabularies' (from masinter@adobe.com on 2009-07-23)
32. Re: ISSUE-73 (Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications), was: Concerns about new section 'predefined vocabularies' (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2009-07-23)
33. Re: ISSUE-73 (Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications), was: Concerns about new section 'predefined vocabularies' (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-07-23)
34. Re: ISSUE-73 (Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications), was: Concerns about new section 'predefined vocabularies' (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2009-07-21)
35. Re: ISSUE-73 (Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications), was: Concerns about new section 'predefined vocabularies' (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-07-21)
36. Re: ISSUE-73 (Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications), was: Concerns about new section 'predefined vocabularies' (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2009-07-21)
37. Re: ISSUE-73 (Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications), was: Concerns about new section 'predefined vocabularies' (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-07-21)
38. Re: ISSUE-73 (Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications), was: Concerns about new section 'predefined vocabularies' (from jonas@sicking.cc on 2009-07-16)
39. Re: ISSUE-73 (Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications), was: Concerns about new section 'predefined vocabularies' (from mjs@apple.com on 2009-07-16)
40. Re: ISSUE-73 (Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications), was: Concerns about new section 'predefined vocabularies' (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-07-16)
41. Re: ISSUE-73 (Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications), was: Concerns about new section 'predefined vocabularies' (from jgraham@opera.com on 2009-07-16)
42. Re: ISSUE-73 (Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications), was: Concerns about new section 'predefined vocabularies' (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2009-07-16)
43. Re: ISSUE-73 (Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications), was: Concerns about new section 'predefined vocabularies' (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-07-16)
44. Re: ISSUE-73 (Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications), was: Concerns about new section 'predefined vocabularies' (from jgraham@opera.com on 2009-07-15)
45. Re: ISSUE-73 (Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications), was: Concerns about new section 'predefined vocabularies' (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2009-07-08)
46. Re: ISSUE-73 (Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications), was: Concerns about new section 'predefined vocabularies' (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-07-08)
47. ISSUE-73 (Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications), was: Concerns about new section 'predefined vocabularies' (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2009-06-10)
48. ISSUE-73 (predefined-voc): Overlap of 'predefined vocabularies' with other specifications [HTML 5 spec] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2009-06-03)

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