On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Ian Yang <ian.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > On the profile section ( http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard#Profile ) > of the hCard page, it says content that uses hCard should reference > the profile by using:
Note the "should" in that text. > <link rel="profile" href="http://microformats.org/profile/hcard";> > or > This content uses <a rel="profile" > href="http://microformats.org/profile/hcard";>hCard</a>. > or > <head profile="http://microformats.org/profile/hcard";> > > Could you please explain the reason that including profiles is a must > for using micorformats? Thank you very much. It's not a must, it's a should (as quoted), per RFC2119. In practice, most uses of hCard omit a profile reference. In the future we may figure out how to make microformats.org vocabularies automatically referenceable rather than using explicit profile references. Thanks Tantek _______________________________________________ microformats-new mailing list microformats-new@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-new
