--- Ben Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So the reason for a container beyond that is to associate > the unit > with the number and to associate the unit with a > standard. Plus it > allows for further development of the microformat.
As I understand the uf principles[1] "further development of the microformat" shouldn't be a goal in itself. Further development of some practical solution to some real problem should be the goal. > It defines > a) we're talking about money - ISO standard implied, > b) we're talking about the USD variety, > c) we're talking fifty units of that money, > d) a parser could work out the numbers and the symbol. OK, that seems clear to me, but why does it matter that we do this? What's a parser going to *do* once it understands numbers and currency symbols? As others have asked in this thread, what's the use case? -ml [1] http://microformats.org/wiki/microformats#the_microformats_principles _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
