On 11/9/05, Phil Shaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I have a question for Ian. Why did you choose to reference the DC
> properties with dc-creator instead of using the dot separator,
> dc.creator?
The embedded RDF spec supports both forms throughout. The problem with
the dot notation in class attributes is that it confuses CSS so those
classes can't be used for styling. It's important to be compatible
with as many existing practices as possible and also to avoid
repeating metadata so I chose to support both forms. I recommend using
the dot notation in the head of the document for Dublin Core
compatibility and the hyphen notation in the body for CSS
compatibility.
CSS compatibility is useful. If you're describing an item with e.g.
dc:title, dc:description and dc:identifier, then you can style those
appropriately _and_ embed reasonable metadata in the document at the
same time
Ian
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