There is a difference between the general possibility of making nonsense statements and an invitation to make them. In my opinion, recommending metadata about content within itself is such an invitation. Chris
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Adida Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:46 PM To: Kristof Zelechovski Cc: [email protected]; 'Eduard Pascual'; 'Shannon' Subject: Re: [whatwg] Ghosts from the past and the semantic Web Kristof Zelechovski wrote: > I am not opposing local metadata; I have already explained you can use the > SCRIPT element for the purpose. I only say that metadata should not be > inside content they describe in order to avoid circularity. This is a > philosophical objection, not a technical one. Your argument on circularity is wrong, in my opinion. The potential for circularity exists in the English (or any other) language, as I've explained in a previous email. RDFa only makes human-readable statements machine-readable. Does that mean you can make non-sensical statements? Absolutely. Just like you can in plain English. That's not a bug, that's just something we live with in language. -Ben
