[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):

 lloydbudd: the cost is that wordpress does not conform to the standards
 and specifications that countless others have adopted **and thus prevents
 wordpress users from being indexed at countless sites** (such as
 technorati).  It is NOT technorati's responsibility recognize teh mal-
 formed rel=tag links that wordpress generates.  Technorati (and countless
 others) understand rel-tags according the published specification/standard
 being used by so many others.  It is wordpress' responsibility to meet
 those standards so that wordpress users can take advantage of those
 countless sites the same way blogger users or other tools users can.  It's
 not just technorati its a long list of sites and services ... and its
 wordpress' responsibility to implement their rel=tags feature correctly.

 Wordpress clearly acknowledges the value to its users that presenting
 rel=tag links offers or they wouldn't be rel=tag'ing the links.  That
 value is largely negated by the fact that wordpress has implemented the
 rel=tag links in a way that violates the rel=tag specification.  It is not
 technorati or anyone elses duty to acknowledge rel=tags that don't meet
 the specification.  It's the blogging tool's responsibility to do so.

 Again: this has NOTHING to do with aesthetics.  Wordpress will still
 display a space and not the plus.  Again: it has NOTHING to do with what
 is easier to "enter" as in BOTH cases you hit the space bar.

 This has to do with one thing:  Wordpress presents rel=tag links so its
 users can be indexed by the countless sites that honor the microformat
 specification for rel=tag (this specification was influenced by and
 conforms to the HTML standard) ... and yet Wordpress has implemented
 rel=tags incorrectly according to that standard - and this should be
 fixed.

 The advantage to this fix is clear.  The cost of not adopting it is clear.
 I still fail to understand how there could be a reasonable argument
 against this fix.

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