In semantic HTML, the right way to do this would be to use <cite> around the name: <cite>Julie</cite> so doing <cite class="hcard" ><a href="http://juliettemelton.com/" class="url uid fn" rel="friend">Julie</a></cite>
which has an implied nickname, and adds the XFN for "my friend" On Jan 4, 2008 2:23 PM, David Janes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 4, 2008 2:45 PM, Tantek Çelik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The fact that hCard is *the* #1 format for publishing information about a > > person on the Web would seem to refute that. > > > > http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard-supporting-user-profiles > > "Profiles" is not the problem that Andy & Ryan C. are talking about: > they're talking about using hCard in casual references to people and > places on the web. For example, on your blog, you've coded: > > | My friend <a href="http://juliettemelton.com/">Julie</a> and I > thought this up when discussing > | end of year rituals, and threw it together quickly and roughly in a > matter of days (like the first BarCamp). > | We invited a bunch of people (also coarsely brainstormed, certainly > not comprehensive), a few of > | whom were actually available to attend, and shared an incredible two > days of reflection > | (what <em>did</em> you do) and projection (what are you <em>going > to</em> do). > > They're suggesting that you're much more likely to provide semantic > information about "Julie" if you were willing to do the simple > operating of adding (for example) 'class='vcard'" to the A tag. > > Regards, etc... > > -- > David Janes > Founder, BlogMatrix > http://www.blogmatrix.com > http://blogmatrix.blogmatrix.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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