Ok, so I walked away from this for a few days then thought about it
again. Practically speaking, I don't really give a damn whether or not
it's a <x:profile /> or a <link rel="profile" /> because folks who want
to do this type of thing will adapt to whatever the mechanism is. The
profile thing is a) and identifier and b) an reference to a document
that defines the profile. There can be many different ways a profile
can be defined so having a media type makes sense. There could be
several different profiles defined so to help differentiate, a title or
label would be helpful. I had said before that "while the URI of the
profile reference should be dereferenceable, most of the time the
profile value is going to be used as an identifier" and used that as a
justification for not using link. Then I looked over at my
link[rel="license"] extension and realized that the exact same argument
applies there also. Given this, even tho <x:profile /> would work just
fine, I think it's best just to stick to the original <link
rel="profile" /> idea. It's a link to a profile; let's call it for what
it is.
<link rel="profile" type="some/media-type"
href="http://example.com/some-kind-of-profile"; />
- James
Bill de hÓra wrote:
James M Snell wrote:
James Holderness wrote:
James M Snell wrote:
Hmm.. the more I think about this and the more we discuss it, the
less I think I like link[rel="profile"]. While the URI of the
profile reference should be dereferenceable, most of the time the
profile value is going to be used as an identifier.
<entry>
<x:profile>http://example.com/profiles/weblog</x:profile>
<x:profile>http://example.com/profiles/podcast</x:profile>
</entry>
I agree about not using link, but shouldn't the URI be in an attribute
rather than as content. Something like this:
<entry>
<x:profile href="http://example.com/profiles/weblog"/>
<x:profile href="http://example.com/profiles/podcast"/>
</entry>
Works for me.
'href's can traditionally be dereferenced, no big deal - the upside is
the markup structure does gives you scope to extend later.
'ref' - ?
cheers
Bill
