In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ben Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Is there no interrest in such a microformat like rel="pavatar"? It's been listed as a "rejected microformat": <http://microformats.org/wiki/rejected-formats> though I can find no such rejection, by this community. Perhaps someone can give a reference? Note that the suggested solution there is unworkable, It recommends: use hCard, in particular, "photo" and/or "logo" properties. if both are used, there is ambiguity: <div class="vcard"> <span class="fn">John Doe</span> <img class="logo" src="http://example.com/picA.png" alt="" /> <img class="photo" src="http://example.com/picB.png" alt="" /> </div> Which is the avatar - picA or picB? >Without getting into the technicalities of ‘what makes a microformat’ >at this stage, I think another reason for lack of interest is that >really, the hCard microformat can already provide the same function. > >The ‘logo’ property of hCard [1] is already used in the wild (to what >degree I can't say) to mark up ‘avatar’ images. > >So for example: > > <link href="http://example.com/pic.png" rel="pavatar"> > >Can be represented within an hCard: > > <div class="vcard"> > <span class="fn">Ben Ward</span> > <img class="logo" src="http://example.com/pic.png" alt="" /> > </div> That doesn't though, say whether or not the logo is an avatar; unlike: <div class="vcard"> <span class="fn">Ben Ward</span> <img class="logo" rel="pavatar" src="http://example.com/pic.png" alt="" /> </div> which is clearly unambiguous, and has additional semantic content. >Therefore, I think that demand for your pavatar specification is >limited here as there is in effect an existing solution, which goes >further than pavatar by making the image a visible part of the content >as well. Were "rel-pavatar" (or "rel-avatar", or "rel-havatar" or whatever) to become a microformat in its own right, it could me made to only apply as a rel attribute on an img (or possibly other such object); as such, it would be no less visible. See also this discussion of pavatar as a microformat: <http://pavatar.com/forum/forum_entry.php?id=13> -- Andy Mabbett <http://www.pigsonthewing.org.uk/uFsig/> Welcome to the 20-day week! _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss