Re: [xri-comment] XRD <uri> vs. Link: anchor=

This is only the least of the problems with XRD. As far as the "link" element is concerned. Here are a few points I have to make. Please have a look at this post first of all.

1) The XRD "Link" element today looks exactly like the Atom "link" element.

2) Except for one difference. The "Title" element. The XRD Title element is not an attribute in a Link element, its an element on its own right, with the value being the title value.

3) This is ridiculous. They have not given a good argument for having a title element inside the link, instead of an attribute.

4) And here is another very unscientific argument. The "link" element looks very beautiful with all values described as attributes. Putting any value, inside an element, inside a link element makes it look positively ugly.

Of cource my argument can always be brushed aside as coming from a "crazy" as was posted here in this link.

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Jonathan Rees <jar@creativecommons.org> wrote:

[ bcc: www-tag for the TAG's information. To broaden the discussion
beyond XRD change the cc: list as appropriate. ]

XRD <uri> seems to do exactly what the Link: header's anchor=
parameter does [1]. It would be nice if the two used the same token to
communicate this function. As <uri> is not descriptive of the role
played by the URI, I recommend updating XRD to match Link:, by
renaming the <uri> element (or attribute, should you go that route) to
be <anchor>.

Jonathan

[1] http://www.mnot.net/drafts/draft-nottingham-http-link-header-07.txt

(p.s. I wonder if HTML5's <link> element should have an 'anchor'
attribute, for symmetry ...)

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