[webkit-dev] Proposal: Remove Microdata support

František Hába hello at frantisekhaba.com
Tue Aug 6 01:18:46 PDT 2013


>
> The complexity:usefulness ratio of this feature always seemed off to me.


+ 1


— František



On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 10:16 PM, Sam Weinig <weinig at apple.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I’d like to propose removing support for the Microdata JS API (
> http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/microdata.html)
> from WebKit.  The specification has not gotten much adoption from either
> implementors or from site authors.  Additionally, its use cases can all be
> addressed in author scripts, and if we see it becoming popular we can
> always bring it back.
>
> The Mac port has never enabled the feature, and Blink has recently ripped
> out their support.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> -Sam
>
> (I have done the work to rip it out, but it is not up for review yet -
> https://webkit.org/b/119480)
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