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It seems to me that perhaps it's more appropriate to do as a micro-format, and while common, perhaps not common enough to include in the base HTML spec. The ne
by jlangenauer 17y ago
It seems to me that perhaps it's more appropriate to do as a micro-format, and while common, perhaps not common enough to include in the base HTML spec.
The new tags in HTML 5 are semantic in terms of the structure of a document, (e.g. header, footer, article, nav) rather than the semantics of the document content. One could argue, I guess, that the disclosure is a valid part of the document structure rather than content (though it doesn't really seem so to me). In any case, it may be a bit too narrow in scope - the reason the new tags were put into HTML5 was that Opera analysed 3.5m web pages, to find what designers were using as class/id tags in actual use. If disclosure was such a common concern, it would have likely showed up in their sample.
- rriepe 17y agoGreat points. There's definitely a grey area over whether it's structure or content. I'd say the same for the time tag, though. I'd argue that disclosure has only really become important recently. The FTC rulings took effect only four months ago. I haven't heard of other governments taking similar measures yet, but I'm sure it will happen. I guess I'd rather see measures taken in preparation, rather than measures taken in reaction.
- youngian 17y agoYeah, this screams microformat. Indicates a specific type of content, but doesn't have to make it into the spec and can be administered in a decentralized fashion. http://microformats.org/ http://microformats.org/
- rriepe 17y agoThanks for the link!