That subject should have been "proposal: a.include".
That's what I get for trying to be clever.
-ryan
PS. thanks for pointing it out, robert [http://rbach.priv.at/
Microformats-IRC/2006-07-06#T181100].
On Jul 5, 2006, at 5:50 PM, Ryan King wrote:
As many of us already know, browser support for the object element
is somewhat annoying and problematic when using the include pattern
[1]. When we[2] first brainstormed this idea, we knew that using
the object element could get us in trouble.
As a result of the problems with using the object element, Yahoo
local has removed the include pattern from their implementation of
hReview and documented their feedback [4].
Now, I'd like to make a proposal- we should relax the include
pattern to also be used on anchors, like so (from [1]):
<span class="vcard">
<span class="fn n" id="j">
<span class="given-name">James</span> <span class="family-
name">Levine</span>
</span>
</span>
<span class="vcard">
<object data="#j" class="include" type="text/html"></object>
This would become:
<a href="#j" class="include"></a>
(sidenote: I don't think the @type should be required after this
change)
<span class="org">SimplyHired</span>
<span class="title">Microformat Brainstormer</span>
</span>
I don't think using anchor tags for this is optimal or pretty, but
it has the nice advantage of working well in the real world.
As a historical sidenote, I believe I suggested [EMAIL PROTECTED] first, then
Tantek countered with [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note that they occur in this
order on [3]).
Personally, I think we should prefer the object element, if only
for semantic aesthetic reasons (and because browser shortcomings
are likely to change and/or go away in the future), but allow for
anchor tags to be used in their place.
Is there anything I'm missing here? Are there any objections?
-ryan
1. http://microformats.org/wiki/include-pattern
2. Tantek and I [3].
3. http://flickr.com/photos/tantek/87059138/
4. http://microformats.org/wiki/include-pattern-feedback
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