David/Roger,

This is relevant to this list, now that there are features in XHTML 2
to do exactly what Roger is talking about. Take a look at RDFa, which
is also available independently from XHTML 2:

  Primer: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-rdfa-primer/ 
  Syntax: http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/BestPractices/HTML/2005-rdfa-syntax 

In particular, take a look at @datatype:

  http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/BestPractices/HTML/2005-rdfa-syntax#id0x02d60288 


On 27/08/06, David Dorward <david@dorward.me.uk> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 05:31:46PM -0400, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> >    I am mapping an XML document to XHTML.
> >    Leaf nodes in the XML document I map to an XHTML <dl> element, e.g.,
> >    <aircraft_elevation>12000</aircraft_elevation>
> >    I map to:
> >    <dl class="aircraft_elevation">
> >          <dt>Aircraft Elevation</dt>
> >          <dd>12000</dd>
> >    </dl>
>
> The for XHTML 1.x is rather vague, but erring on the side of caution
> leads to the question "Is the *definition* of 'Aircraft Elevation'
> really 12000?".
>
> >    Now suppose <aircraft_elevation> has an attribute:
> >    <aircraft_elevation units="meters">12000</aircraft_elevation>
> >    How do you recommend I map the attribute?
>
> That depends a great deal on what the document is trying to say and
> the context in which it is placed. It doesn't have a great deal to do
> with the subject of this mailing list though (which is the design of
> (X)HTML).
>
> --
> David Dorward                                      http://dorward.me.uk 
>
>
>
>


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