[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17632: HTML 5 Validation issues (theme independent)

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#17632: HTML 5 Validation issues (theme independent)
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 Reporter:  amirhabibi    |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |     Version:  3.1.3
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch     |
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Comment (by WraithKenny):

 The code from note (3) was to because the spec for rel-tag disallows query
 vars `?tag=foo` allowing for `/tag/foo/` only, hence the using_permalinks
 check.

 7 years ago, when the rel-category and rel-tag where added, it was likely
 only to match WordPress' Tags and Categories. The `rel-tag` spec and the
 html5 spec (which are much newer I think) seem to intend rel-tag to mean
 "taxonomy" which applies equally to Tags and Categories, which makes
 rel=category obsolete.

 I understand your concern about how rel-tag is used on homepages: the
 linked tag should not apply to the homepage "document" (in the html
 document sense). This is how it currently exists "in the wild" though and
 I think this patch wouldn't really affect that one way or the other.

 The issue of this ticket is a somewhat different, and more narrow, thing:
 the rel-category being obsolete and invalid in html5.

 Whether rel-tag is appropriate on the homepage (in html5), likely deserves
 it's own ticket, and even better, a discussion at the
 WC3/WHATWG/Microformats.org. For example, perhaps their definition can be
 adjusted to reflect that multiple html5 article elements (which are
 distinct by the spec's definition I think) can be present in a single
 valid html5 document.

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