> For example, a question page (that also shows related answers) will be a > series of CLASS="hentry" elements. Some other elements that work well: > entry-title, entry-content, rel=tag, published and author.
To clarify, hAtom [1] specifies a standard for episodic content. `hentry` is, in a sense, on par with `entry-title`, `entry-content`, and the others. `hentry` alone is normatively meaningless without the specified required properties — check out the cheatsheet [2] for a quick reference if you haven't already. [1]: http://microformats.org/wiki/hatom [2]: http://microformats.org/wiki/hatom-cheatsheet > But there are a bunch of things that I want to make semantically available to > machine readers that don't seem to touch on any of the microformat standards. > ... I *could* start making elements up and modifying pages in the wiki, but I > feel I should be treading more lightly until I become more familiar with > microformat culture and practice. Read the process [3] first if you haven't already. [3]: http://microformats.org/wiki/process > For example: (a) to denote that a particular hentry is a question or an > answer, (b) to flag one particular answer as the one that was selected as the > best, (c) to show the net total of votes (any +/- integer) received by a > question or answer. Check out the Q&A brainstorming [4], contribute in that dimly lit corner, and elicit feedback here rather than poking at hAtom's spec. Also consider using vote-links [5] via fragment identifiers. Confirm the feasibility of that method via the spec. "Best" and "total" shouldn't be too difficult to determine algorithmically once votes are represented. [4]: http://microformats.org/wiki/question-answer-brainstorming [5]: http://microformats.org/wiki/vote-links Lastly, mark up your home page with a representative hCard [6] and a `rel-me` to your LinkedIn. Then implement the hAtom (and associated hCard) semantics on said Q&A pages and do similar for the user pages, validate everything, and don't hesitate to come back with questions or feedback related to non-standard pursuits. [6]: http://microformats.org/wiki/representative-hcard If you'd like to contact me privately I'd be very interested in further discussing decentralized aggregation. I have recently sent a yet to be answered request for Microformats to Stack Overflow. Let me know if any of that helps. On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:05 AM, Gideon Greenspan <resea...@gidgreen.com> wrote: > > Hi there, > > I'm currently polishing a free PHP/MySQL platform for Question & Answer sites > (www.question2answer.org) and want to implement microformats to the maximum > extent possible. The whole point of Q&A is to structure forum-style > discussions better, so microformat integration should enable aggregation and > ranking of Q&A-style content across all sites that deploy my platform (and > indeed others). > > I'm spending a lot of time in the microformats wiki and doing my best to > implement standard elements where possible. For example, a question page > (that also shows related answers) will be a series of CLASS="hentry" > elements. Some other elements that work well: entry-title, entry-content, > rel=tag, published and author. > > But there are a bunch of things that I want to make semantically available to > machine readers that don't seem to touch on any of the microformat standards. > For example: (a) to denote that a particular hentry is a question or an > answer, (b) to flag one particular answer as the one that was selected as the > best, (c) to show the net total of votes (any +/- integer) received by a > question or answer. > > What's the most appropriate way for me to proceed? I *could* start making > elements up and modifying pages in the wiki, but I feel I should be treading > more lightly until I become more familiar with microformat culture and > practice. > > Thanks in advance for any assistance. > > Gideon > > > -- > Gideon Greenspan > http://www.gidgreen.com/ > _______________________________________________ > microformats-discuss mailing list > microformats-discuss@microformats.org > http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss -- Angelo Gladding ang...@gladding.name http://angelo.gladding.name/ _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss