> On Sep 20, 2007 12:22 PM, Dimitri Glazkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On 9/20/07, Andy Mabbett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> In hCard, should a job title like "Head of Marketing" be classed as >>> "title" or "role", or both? >>> >>> What's the difference? >> >> Off the top of my head: >> >> role = "executive" >> title = "Head of Marketing" >> >> No?
(resorting, please bottom-post! thanks! :) On 9/20/07 12:55 PM, "Kevin Marks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > from vcard: > > > 3.5.1 TITLE Type Definition > > Type name: TITLE > > Type purpose: To specify the job title, functional position or > function of the object the vCard represents. > > > Type example: > > TITLE:Director\, Research and Development > > 3.5.2 ROLE Type Definition > > Type name: ROLE > > Type purpose: To specify information concerning the role, occupation, > or business category of the object the vCard represents. > > Type special notes: This type is based on the X.520 Business Category > explanatory attribute. This property is included as an organizational > type to avoid confusion with the semantics of the TITLE type and > incorrect usage of that type when the semantics of this type is > intended. > > Type example: > > ROLE:Programmer > > So Head of Marketing is a Title, Marketing is a Role, I'd say. Agreed with one minor change. "Marketing" is an area. From the example in RFC2426, it appears that the role is a noun that describes the person with respect to that area. E.g. TITLE:Head of Marketing ROLE:Marketer or perhaps TITLE:Head of Marketing ROLE:Manager Tantek _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
