On 5 Sep 2007, at 20:18, Toby A Inkster wrote:
Syntactically the URI would still work, however, semantically it
would have
been broken, that is, it is bad to not only change URIs so that
they 404 and
just plain don't work, but it is also bad to change the *meaning*
of that
URI.
As long as there is a clear link to the specification from the
explanation, then I disagree that it's really changed the meaning
of the link target.
Whilst the ‘meaning’ in terms of microformats.org/wiki/hcard being a
page about hCard would still be valid, the context in which that URL
is used by publishers on the internet. Tutorials may link to the
entire page accompanied by the text ‘read the hCard specification’,
whilst other pieces could be linking to fragment identifiers within
the page to reference a specific part of the spec.
As such, I also oppose that the specifications be moved from the
current root locations. Potentially we could agree that future
specifications include ‘-spec’ in the URL, but current URLs and
content IDs need to remain the same.
I would move that plain text ‘-info’ pieces be written for each spec
and an introductory paragraph from each be placed at the top of each
spec to more accessibly introduce the document, with a link to the
‘All about hCard’ page.
Regards,
Ben
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