HTML5 Microdata - Over-cooked?

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@Mike - browsers are already implementing a lot, so I don't think anyone has to do much in the way of waiting.

@Ian - Thanks. I will try to. This was really just my instant gut reaction rather than a proper critique. I'm going to have a bit of a play about (I'm writing a HTML5 version of my current theme at the moment) and actually see how it feels and then get back to the list.

I have also since found your post to the mailing list about how microdata came about and was designed, which was fascinating in itself.

I agree that there is much stuff in HTML5 of questionable relevance and much material which is arguably duplicating functionality we can achieve with microformats and RDF.

"My final concern, which actually could apply to HTML5 as a whole and is more of a general are we ready for this yet?"

Possibly not, but HTML5 in that sense, is not about 'now', but about where we will be in something like five years time. Sure, early-adopters have started using HTML5 already, but main-stream use (by authors) is going to have to wait for main-stream acceptance by browsers, and that isn't now.

Please don't hesitate to send your feedback to one of the lists -- the addresses are in the top of the spec in the "status of this document" section, or you can mail me directly at: ian@hixie.ch

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fberriman » HTML5 Microdata - Over-cooked? http://bit.ly/14kLKE

we already have #microformats do we need #RDFa and #HTML5 #Microdata? some thoughts about this from Frances Berriman http://bit.ly/GvHDi

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@iamfiction I like microformats more than microdata, but they are both still quite new... http://t.co/70opQHG

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"but it should always be in mind that the web is about enabling normal people to share information" http://bit.ly/15hTjs

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"but it should always be in mind that the web is about enabling normal people to share information" http://bit.ly/15hTjs

@rvercesi Of all HTML5 spec Microdata would look to be the most interesting to microformats community. But read Frances http://bit.ly/GvHDi

someone yell #microformats http://is.gd/GQxA

Not sure I get the point of HTML5 Microdata (http://tinyurl.com/oxdhew). Too similar to microformats - why reinvent the wheel.

HTML microdata - from links for light reading http://bit.ly/i96Cz

@frankieroberto Have you read @phae's response to microdata? http://fberriman.com/2009/05/24/html5-microdata-over-cooked/

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