[cc-community] Q. about license metadata in <span> element and XHTML validation

Jon Phillips jon at creativecommons.org
Sat Jun 2 18:27:59 EDT 2007


On Sat, 2007-06-02 at 23:57 +0200, Claude Almansi wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I apologize if the issue has already been tackled in this list. It was
> raised by Norbert Bollow in
> https://your.trash.net/pipermail/siug-discuss/2007-June/003793.html .
> 
> I.e. the code you get for a "general" license (without registering the
> work) puts the "dc" metadata about the type of license in a <span>
> element, which the W3C code validator http://validator.w3.org/ doesn't
> accept. Whereas if you register a work under a license, the metadata
> (which also include author, right holder, title, description ecc) are
> in a <rdf:RDF> element, which the W3C code validator accepts.
> 
> Sure, one goal  is that search engines should be able to read the
> metadata, and they obviously can with the <span> solution too. But why
> the difference? Why doesn't the code for a "general" license put the
> metadata in a <rdf:RDF> element too, if this what the W3C standards
> apparently require?
> 
> It's not just a matter of being able to put a
> http://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-xhtml10 button on a site - but valid
> code makes general access possible.
> 
> Best
> 
> Claude Almansi
> CH-6532 Castione
> Switzerland

Heya, what link are you getting this code from?

If you are interested in the metadata CC is moving to, check out the
examples on http://labs.creativecommons.org

Cheers!

Jon

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