Implementing Schema within Existing CSS tags

[TechMama]

In implementing Schema with a site using CSS and containing existing tags, I want to be sure that we are (#1) using the tags effectively when used within a product detail template and (#2) not actually harming ourselves by telling Google that all products are named or described by the SS tag and not actually the product name or description (which obviously could be disasterous).

An example of what we are looking at implementing is the following:

Old:

<ss:value source="$product.name"></ss:value>

New:

<ss:value source="$product.name"></ss:value>

Old:

<ss:value source="$product.description">New:

<ss:value source="$product.description"></ss:value>

Basically, is Schema at the point where the SS tag be replaced (in the eyes of the search engines) with the actual text and not the tag itself?</ss:value>

[TechMama]

I used the rich snippets and it appears to be picking up the data from the ss tags correctly - thanks, that was a great tip to double check and ease our minds!

[AlanMosley]

That should be fine, but you can always check it useing the rich snippets tool.
http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets