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Generic Metadata Mechanisms
There have been some requests for introducing generic metadata mechanisms into HTML5.
To help determine what we would need to add, and whether it is worth adding anything, we have to come to an understanding of what the goals and requirements are of such a proposal.
Please document arguments with links to supporting research or links to other wiki pages detailing the anecdotal evidence for or against particular aspects of the goals and requirements.
Goals
What is the problem we are trying to solve?
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Who faces this problem?
Nobody
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A few people
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Everybody
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Requirements: If we assume that we are going to address this need, what do we need to provide? =
Please list each requirement in its own subsection so that arguments pro and con and links to supporting research can be included.
The DOM has to be consistent between HTML and XHTML representations
- Pro: If it isn't, then migrating between the two becomes complicated.
The syntax has to be something that Web authors can easily deploy
- Pro: If authors can't deploy this, then it won't get critical mass and won't matter
- Con: Tools will be used to deploy this. It'll mostly be used by big sites like Facebook. So individual authors don't matter.