Upon reading about rich snippets, curiosity got the best of me. I worked on implementing the principle on some projects. Sadly, the pages on which I inserted the code ceased to validate as XHTML Strict. I placed the tag on the html element. I know it can also be inserted in the body tag, but I have yet to try that.
In the midst of the confusion, one thing came to mind. Is it time to transition from XHTML to HTML5? I have been coding with XHTML since 2003 (coinciding with my use of B2 and learning about “tableless” layouts). While HTML5 is still not a recommendation of the W3C, it is intended to subsume XHTML.
links of interest
- Rich Snippets Testing Tool
- Schema.org itemprop causes w3c validator error
- Can I add Microdata from HTML5 to a XHTML Strict site and still be compliant?
