RE: [uf-discuss] how do i submit something for consideration?

2006-10-27 Thread Mike Schinkel
Charles, Funny, I've been planning to write a blog post entitled something like What's the one thing wrong with Open-Source? Forking! :) -Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Iliya Krempeaux Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:45

RE: [uf-discuss] include-pattern support for data outside of the current page? [Was: Visible Data...a Microformat requirement?]

2006-10-27 Thread Mike Schinkel
Is it good for the interpretation of the data on one page to rely on data on another page? anyone has an opinion? My knee-jerk reaction is that it is very bad practice to have what would essentially be the legend to be on a separate page. Very, very bad. When I use to teach programming, one of

RE: [uf-discuss] Visible Data...a Microformat requirement?

2006-10-27 Thread Mike Schinkel
Because it hasn't gone through the (fairly rigorous) demands of the uF process -- the process page on the wiki[1] outlines this. But what I'm hearing is that if it's not visible it cannot go through that process... -Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [uf-discuss] Visible Data...a Microformat requirement?

2006-10-27 Thread Mike Schinkel
Yes I was joking, but in the sense of Many a truth said in jest. In my 20+ years in the tech industry I don't think I've a group of people who can be more religious than those discussing technical matters, excepting fundamentalists in any real religion. :) And because religions tend to promote

RE: [uf-discuss] Visible Data...a Microformat requirement?

2006-10-27 Thread Mike Schinkel
that is *only* for machine consumption Conversely, if he's unsure whether the metadata *has* to be invisible, then perhaps this is still a worthwhile discussion. For clarity, there is nothing that says that the metadata I was proposing and am additionally envisioning couldn't be visible. It

RE: [uf-discuss] Visible Data...a Microformat requirement?

2006-10-27 Thread Mike Schinkel
My suggestion to use invisible data formats was prefaced with the scenario that your data is invisible, based on the subject of this thread. The above criteria seem to contradict the subject of this thread. If that is the case, I apologize. I envision several different needs although not all

Re: [uf-discuss] how do i submit something for consideration?

2006-10-27 Thread Lachlan Hunt
Jonathan Vanasco wrote: I don't know how / where to submit it for potential consideration as a microformat Read the process. Then read it again, and again until you fully understand it, and then follow it. http://microformats.org/wiki/process You really need to start by documenting real

[uf-discuss] Semanticizin': Significance of order in argument lists

2006-10-27 Thread Dimitri Glazkov
This is something I just now realized, and while all excited, I thought I'd send to the list: When using HTML lists (ul/ol) for representing operand argument lists, it appears very logical to identify the distinction between ordered and unordered as that of and and or, respectively. In other

Re: [uf-discuss] Semanticizin': Significance of order in argument lists

2006-10-27 Thread Lachlan Hunt
Dimitri Glazkov wrote: When using HTML lists (ul/ol) for representing operand argument lists, it appears very logical to identify the distinction between ordered and unordered as that of and and or, respectively. ol Can mean this and that. While, ul infers this or that. I really don't

[uf-discuss] Document Revision History uf

2006-10-27 Thread Cayle Graumann
Hi, I was wondering if anyone has a working drafts or specs for a microformat for presenting document revision history. I don't want to reinvent any wheels -square, round or otherwise funny shaped - if I can help it. :) The reason I ask is that I've been looking at the Microsoft Simple

[uf-discuss] Primary among alternates Re: WAS: Visible Data

2006-10-27 Thread Dr. Ernie Prabhakar
Hi MIke, I think we may the victim of a major miscommunication, aggravated by the choice of subject. Let me start over, to see if I understand. resolve this one specific use case.) Consider these three URLs: http://www.foo.com/toyota/4runner/1999/