Hello Microformaters, * A user-agent could at the least identify one or more alternate formats for the current item or a linked item.
* It could also identify the order of preference of alternates. * This could be used by microformat-aware search to provide search result links to alternates. * This could also be used to support mirror lists (instead of alternate formats, simply alternate locations), this could then be used by a user agent to download/retrieve by picking from the top of the preferred list or among a list of non-preferred (unordered) locations. * It may be possible for a user-agent to be aware of a format preference in the case of alternate formats or application support, such as preference for certain kinds of media readers, e.g., iTunes itpc:// links vs. mp4 downloads. Let me know if this answers the question. Not quite sure the format/content being looked for in terms of user-agent use. Cheers, -- Sincerely, Jeff McNeill http://jeffmcneill.com/ On 12/13/07, Andy Mabbett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, December 13, 2007 09:27, Jeff McNeill wrote: > > > Use cases for alternates could be as follows: > > [...] > > Thank you. That explains what "alternates" are; but not how the proposed > microformat would be /used/. In other words, what would a user agent *do* > with them? > > -- > Andy Mabbett > ** via webmail ** > > _______________________________________________ > 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