Jeena: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there no interrest in such a microformat like rel="pavatar"?
>From the spec a few things are not clear to me. For example in 3a what URL is being called, by whom, and for what purpose? In 3b, what HTML page would contain the link and how does it relate to anything else? I could make assumptions, but I don't think it's good to require spec readers to make assumptions. Given that, I'm also trying to determine the potential use-case for a microformat for your pavatar. So are you envisioning that someone who would leave a comment on a blog along with their name, email, and website, for example, would have a personal avatar auto-discoverable at that website? And if so, are you then envisioning that the blog software would retrieve and cache the pavatar then display it using a microformat something like this?: <img src="/pavatars/[EMAIL PROTECTED]" height=80 width=80 class="pavatar" /> BTW, In looking at your spec it claims to be "Candidate Recommendation" and uses the same format as a W3C candidate recommendations. However, when I google for "pavatar" on w3.org, there are no results [1]. Has it actually been through the W3C process[2]? Also, it appears your spec uses a "well-Known name"[3] or "/pavatar.png"[4] for which at least certain people[5][6] in the W3C would have your head for, so something tells me you've not been through the W3C process? :-) I think I like the overall idea, but if it's not part of the W3C process you really should propose it and/or make it clear that it is your own proposal and not one that has been through the W3C's process. Also, I think it could really benefit by going through the process (but if it already has, I'm surprised given the ambiguities in the spec.) -- -Mike Schinkel http://www.mikeschinkel.com/blogs/ http://www.welldesignedurls.org/ [1] http://www.google.com/search?q=pavatar+site:w3.org [2] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/Process-19991111/tr.html#RecsCR [5] http://microformats.org/discuss/mail/microformats-discuss/2006-October/00646 9.html [4] http://blog.welldesignedurls.org/2006/12/20/conventions-not-constraining-req uirements/ [5] http://www.w3.org/People/karl/ [6] http://www.w3.org/People/Fielding/ _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
