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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear developers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’ve spent some time this weekend trying to find out why <a href="http://validator.w3.org">http://validator.w3.org</a> does declare most of the “rel” attributes in head and body, recommended by XFN, hCard, Dublin Core, ICBM and others, as non-valid since some days. Some of them are very etablished, some of them are yet unofficial, but used widely.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Not even the quite useful <link rel="canonical" validates anymore!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’ve read about the deprecated “profile” tag, and replaced it by “prefetch” in the head (which I guess only works in FF), and added an <a rel="profile" href=<a href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11">http://gmpg.org/xfn/11</a>> to the bottom, as recommended by Tantik Celik.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>What I don’t understand: HTML5 <i>and</i> Microformats are in the same way supported by the same group of people, I guess it’s You. WordPress makes heavy use of both (what I really like), hence a default “twentyten” site will now show up about 80 “errors” in the validator, as well as mine (e.g. <a href="http://strassen-030.de/">http://strassen-030.de/</a>) since that day. This doesn’t seem to make much sense to me, as Matt Mullenweg is also part of the W3C group.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’ve decided to remove all my “valid html” validator links for now (although I really hate to <i>not</i> have it on 100%, and that is still the fact), and to keep on using what I have: HTML5 templates <i>and</i> microdata – hoping that this is a passing muddle. If there is any other way, your advice is very welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Greetings,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mathias<br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:mroth@trade-service.eu"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>mroth@trade-service.eu</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ossastr. 37, 12045 Berlin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Trade Service Network</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Rungestr. 22, 10179 Berlin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fon +49 (0)30 - 810 014 82<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fax +49 (0)30 - 810 014 83<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cell +49 (0)172 - 26 537 24<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://1a-sales.com/"><span lang=EN-US>http://1a-sales.com</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://dsl-berlin.info/"><span lang=EN-US>http://dsl-berlin.info</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://trade-service.eu/"><span lang=EN-US>http://trade-service.eu</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://starthilfeberlin.de/"><span lang=EN-US>http://starthilfeberlin.de</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Steuernr: 16/498/50465<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>USt.Id Nr: DE 22 40 65 295<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Web, Business, Berlin, Welt, Politik...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jetzt lesen unter www.strassen-030.de<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>