Using HTML5+Microdata's <meta> tag in the <body>
I want to specify if the Product is "In Stock" using HTML5+Microdata's <meta> tag using Schema.org.
I am unsure if this is the correct syntax:
<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Product">
<h2 itemprop="name">Product Name</h2>
<dl itemprop="offers" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Offer">
<dt itemprop="price">$1</dt>
<meta itemprop="availability" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ItemAvailability" itemid="http://schema.org/InStock">
</dl>
</div>
Answer
The meta tag can't be used with an itemscope like that. The correct way to express this is through a canonical reference using the link tag:
<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Product">
<h2 itemprop="name">Product Name</h2>
<dl itemprop="offers" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Offer">
<dt itemprop="price">$1</dt>
<link itemprop="availability" href="http://schema.org/InStock">
</dl>
</div>