Hi Aaron,
The data that is generated using microdata looks to be very similar to RDFa, except that the properties are not qualified as URIs, and they seem to be limited to the properties available in the same location as the type definition due to the lack of qualification. It would be nice to standardise on something that is extensible, like RDF with RDFa as the HTML annotation method, as microdata just seems to be a cut down version of RDF that doesn't have a theoretical basis or a model outside of HTML.
Cheers,
Peter
On 16 November 2010 10:29, Aaron Steele eightysteele@gmail.com wrote:
With appropriate cautions duly noted (re Bob Morris, Jonathan Rees, Matt Jones [a few years ago]), we ARE moving in this direction (semantic web, RDF, etc.), and have been since about 2006. ... Just not very fast :-|
In additional to microformats and RDF, is the HTML5 microdata feature part of the conversation among stakeholders here?
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