can i use itemdata(microdata) in my web pages built with html 4

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will it be useful or possible to use microdata (itemdata) in my web pages built with HTML 4 code like this

<div itemscope>
  <h1>Avatar</h1>
  <span>Director: James Cameron (born August 16, 1954) </span>
  <span>Science fiction</span>
  <a href="../movies/avatar-theatrical-trailer.html">Trailer</a>
</div>

possible duplicate of [Implement schema.org to a non html5 page](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13651749/implement-schema-org-to-a-non-html5-page) — unor, Mar 09 '14 at 16:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 30 '12 at 08:49

It would depend on whether the Microdata consumer wanted to check for HTML5-ness via the doctype or otherwise, and then disallow the microdata if the page wasn't HTML5. But it's hard to think of a reason why such a consumer would wish to go to such trouble. How would it benefit from doing so?

Having said that, using itemscope without any itemprops probably isn't going to achieve very much.

can i use itemdata(microdata) in my web pages built with html 4

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