>> Is it good for the interpretation of the data on one page to rely on data on another page? anyone has an opinion?
My knee-jerk reaction is that it is very bad practice to have what would essentially be the "legend" to be on a separate page. Very, very bad. When I use to teach programming, one of the things I always pointed out was that proximity increases maintainability. This is kinda similar. (Of course I'm open to someone explaining a use-case and/or rationale for this situation that I had not previously considered.) -Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Guillaume Lebleu Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:23 PM To: Microformats Discuss Subject: [uf-discuss] include-pattern support for data outside of the current page? [Was: Visible Data...a Microformat requirement?] The thread around invisble microformats reminded me of this example from the visible Web. Maybe relevant to this discussion, if not relevant to the include-pattern. An index page (http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/oilprice.html) contains currency information that applies to all pages it indexes. For instance, in this data page (http://quotes.ino.com/exchanges/?r=NYMEX_CL), there is no unit/currency defined, and we only know the numbers are "U.S. Dollars per barrel" b/c it was defined in the separate page we came from. Should my "data page" contains an include-pattern link to the currency definition from the other page? Is it good for the interpretation of the data on one page to rely on data on another page? anyone has an opinion? I'm asking since I haven't seen on the include-pattern page any clear direction on this. Guillaume _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss