[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #5964: Multi-word tags encoded incorrectly

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#5964: Multi-word tags encoded incorrectly
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 Reporter:  DavidMeade     |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect         |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:  2.6      
Component:  General        |      Version:           
 Severity:  normal         |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  tags, tagging  |  
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Comment (by davidmeade):

 Right.

 lloydbudd - you are probably correct that the word 'specification' is
 better suited to the microformats publication.  However as Nazgul points
 out + representing a space is part of the html standard.  This standard
 has influenced specifications like rel="tag" microformat and has been
 honored to such a degree that its could be considered a defacto standard.

 With a "+" used in tag slugs rather than the "-", Wordpress can still use
 "pretty" urls (http://example.com/tag/daisy+chains) that meet the html
 standard and the microformats defacto-standard (which so many search
 engines/aggregators expect).  It cannot do so with the "-" used in tag
 slugs.

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