From : Manu Sporny < : Manu Sporny < msporny@digitalbazaar.com



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Great news, everyone! Just to be sure about the new Director ruling on the scope of HTML WG, I checked with the HTML WG Chairs and they confirmed that HTML+RDFa is officially a REC-track deliverable for HTML WG: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2010Feb/0053.html This means that, if everything goes according to plan, HTML5 will be able to express semantics using RDFa. >>> Manu Sporny wrote: >>> The next item that I think we should assert is: >>> >>> Since it is in scope, and since there is a RDFa WG committed to >>> continuing work on RDFa, HTML+RDFa should be a deliverable REC of >>> HTML WG. >>> >> On 2010-2-25 19:58 , Edward O'Connor wrote: >> I always assumed that it was an HTML WG deliverable because there >> wasn't an RDFa WG. Now that there is, wouldn't the RDFa WG take it >> over as a deliverable? We've been operating on the basis that the RDFa WG handles the core specification for RDFa (and updates the XHTML module because there is no longer an XHTML WG). Just as SVG WG defined how to integrate RDFa in SVGTiny and the ODF TC defined how to integrate RDFa in ODF, the HTML WG will define how to integrate RDFa in HTML5. The RDFa WG will be giving guidance and support in the form of creating spec language, creating test suites and, in general, taking part in the discussion. In other words, we shouldn't be in charge of publishing specs for other languages which are under active development by another Working Group or Technical Committee. We will, however, be working very closely with SVG WG, ODF TC and HTML WG to ensure that RDFa is defined in each language in a manner that is compliant with the core RDFa specification. -- manu -- Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny) President/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. blog: PaySwarming Goes Open Source http://blog.digitalbazaar.com/2010/02/01/bitmunk-payswarming/