From 10856d5ffe2a73a4799f9cff936c78417dcd6f13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Cramer Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:38:33 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] add text about how JSON-LD schema.org metadata is incompatible with WAM (per ivan) --- explainers/wpub-explainer.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/explainers/wpub-explainer.md b/explainers/wpub-explainer.md index 5023a68..84d9e21 100644 --- a/explainers/wpub-explainer.md +++ b/explainers/wpub-explainer.md @@ -172,9 +172,11 @@ The Web Publication Manifest appears to be very similar to the Web Application M 1. WP use cases are orthogonal to those of WAM. Nothing is stopping a creator of a web publication from also using a web application manifest, if the publication author desires for the publication to be installable, etc. -2. There were concerns about the extensibility of web application manifest, especially with regards to the processing of new members. +2. A primary objective of web publications is to make publication metadata available for SEO. We feel that schema.org metadata is the best way to do this, but this implies using JSON-LD, which is not compatible with the syntax of WAM. -3. Web publications are fundamentally different from web apps, as the goal is for the user agent to provide the user interface. +3. There were concerns about the extensibility of web application manifest, especially with regards to the processing of new members. + +4. Web publications are fundamentally different from web apps, as the goal is for the user agent to provide the user interface. ## The User Experience