OpenGraph implementation

[skakri]

Title:
OpenGraph implementation

Area:
frontend, accessibility, cross-site data sharing

Summary:
It would be nice if sites, that use OpenGraph metadata, could use our provided data, instead of crawling the page in question and collecting arbitrary data (article image, article title, author, etc.)

Description:
Sites that support OpenGraph Protocol (http://ogp.me/), like Facebook and Google+ would benefit from already provided data; that would help those sites 1) categorize that data (entry title, tags), 2) provide correct information, when posting to FB or G+ (title, image), instead of full page title (username | post, for example).

Example - http://skakri.grab.lv/2360053.html (check source; done: profile username, entry image, entry title, publishing date and used tags). Could be implemented also in profile pages - user.domain.tld/profile

Poll #9490 OpenGraph implementation

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 40

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Should be implemented as-is.
5 (12.5%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
1 (2.5%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
3 (7.5%)

(I have no opinion)
31 (77.5%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[azurelunatic]

I wonder if any screenreaders will be taking advantage of it?

[deborah]

Is it this thing? If so, I don't see any buzz about it in the accessibility communities and lists, or any evidence that it is being used by accessibility software.

It seems like it's mostly for the benefit of Facebook, right now, right? Our search engines actually taking advantage of it?

I am absolutely not voting down a suggestion I don't exactly understand, but I would see more utility (From my accessibility focused viewpoint, and as a non-Facebook user *g*) in moving towards HTML 5 Section elements and WAI-ARIA roles. Oh, wait, we have that last one already, and it's my bug. :P

[azurelunatic]

Google either already is or will likely be doing so shortly.

*breaks out pom-poms, cheers development*