Manu Sporny wrote:
So, what's the registration procedure for
<http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/vocab/> -- and who's going to maintain it
once the WG ceases to exist?
Which WG? Currently, the registration procedure for HTML4 is a done deal
(not more LinkTypes for HTML4). For XHTML1.1 and XHTML2, the LinkTypes
are defined in the language document. For HTML5, they're in a wiki.
"Done deal" -- that doesn't work for me. People use new link relations
all over the place, be it in XHTML1.* or HTML4, but they aren't registered.
That may be because there's no way to register them. So claiming
extensions aren't possible isn't helpful, when reality proves they are
possible.
The W3C has typically maintained these documents in the past, and I
don't see any reason why that would change. Even if we have a LinkType
registry, I would expect the W3C to manage that.
It didn't since HTML4 was published, so what does make you think it'll
work better in the future?
What we need is a format-neutral registry (I want to be able to express
link relations from non *HTML documents as well), and a registry that
works in practice.
I'm not particularly opposed to that idea - although, I know others that
are opposed to the notion of a centralized LinkType registry.
Julian, could you please add the issue to the wiki so that we may track
how the discussion progresses?
Done.
BR, Julian
