Re: [whatwg] Alternative method of declaring prefixes in RDFa (was Re: RDFa is to structured data, like canvas is to bitmap and SVG is to vector)

2009-01-19 Thread Michael(tm) Smith
Manu Sporny mspo...@digitalbazaar.com, 2009-01-18 19:18 -0500: Speaking as an RDFa Task Force member - we're currently looking at an alternative prefix binding mechanism, so that this: xmlns:foaf=http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/; could also be declared like this in non-XML family languages:

Re: [whatwg] Alternative method of declaring prefixes in RDFa

2009-01-19 Thread Michael(tm) Smith
Michael(tm) Smith m...@w3.org, 2009-01-19 17:40 +0900: Manu Sporny mspo...@digitalbazaar.com, 2009-01-18 19:18 -0500: prefix=foaf=http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/; URL for an archived mailing-list discussion about it? OK, I found this:

Re: [whatwg] Alternative method of declaring prefixes in RDFa (was Re: RDFa is to structured data, like canvas is to bitmap and SVG is to vector)

2009-01-19 Thread Henri Sivonen
On Jan 19, 2009, at 02:18, Manu Sporny wrote: Toby A Inkster wrote: So RDFa, as it is currently defined, does need a CURIE binding mechanism. XML namespaces are used for XHTML+RDFa 1.0, but given that namespaces don't work in HTML, an alternative mechanism for defining them is expected, and

Re: [whatwg] Alternative method of declaring prefixes in RDFa

2009-01-19 Thread Manu Sporny
Michael(tm) Smith wrote: Michael(tm) Smith m...@w3.org, 2009-01-19 17:40 +0900: Manu Sporny mspo...@digitalbazaar.com, 2009-01-18 19:18 -0500: prefix=foaf=http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/; URL for an archived mailing-list discussion about it? OK, I found this:

Re: [whatwg] Alternative method of declaring prefixes in RDFa

2009-01-19 Thread Manu Sporny
Just a couple of clarifications - not trying to convince anybody of anything, just setting the record straight. Henri Sivonen wrote: Even though switching over to 'prefix' in both HTML and XHTML would address the DOM Consistency concern, using them for RDF-like URI mapping would as opposed to

[whatwg] Alternative method of declaring prefixes in RDFa (was Re: RDFa is to structured data, like canvas is to bitmap and SVG is to vector)

2009-01-18 Thread Manu Sporny
Toby A Inkster wrote: So RDFa, as it is currently defined, does need a CURIE binding mechanism. XML namespaces are used for XHTML+RDFa 1.0, but given that namespaces don't work in HTML, an alternative mechanism for defining them is expected, and for consistency would probably be allowed in