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)

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 (was Re: RDFa is to structured data, like canvas is to bitmap and SVG is to vector)

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

[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)

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