Re: [uf-discuss] adr should be

2007-02-25 Thread Tantek Çelik
(below thread(s) kept only for context) Two Q&A, and two suggested improved behaviors. Suggested improvements: 1. Before asking a question on a microformats list, read the relevant FAQs[1]. 2. When answering a question on a microformats list: a) please check the relevant FAQs first, and if t

Re: [uf-discuss] country-code may be missing from hCard/adr spec

2007-02-25 Thread James Craig
Michael MD wrote: It looks like what is really needed is a standard way to represent standard country codes - so that machines can look up related information for the country without the hit and miss problems of freeform text names for places. (but keeping it simple for parsers or authors

RE: [uf-discuss] adr should be

2007-02-25 Thread Jason Karns
An additional reason, is that the element cannot contain block-level children, so to have block-level children, you would need a block-level parent. Jason > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Thom Shannon > Sent: Sunday, February 25

Re: [uf-discuss] country-code may be missing from hCard/adr spec

2007-02-25 Thread Michael MD
UK is the abbreviated form of United Kingdom. As such, it should be in the content of the tag, or else using the abbr element is unnecessary. However, I have no clue as to whether the class country- name is appropriate for country codes, which seems to be the issue. I was just commenting o

Re: [uf-discuss] adr should be

2007-02-25 Thread Thom Shannon
Sorry Ben! it was you. And you're right, the examples in the docs are a bit misleading. Ben Ward wrote: On 25 Feb 2007, at 23:19, Thom Shannon wrote: Brian Suda made a point at barcamp about the documentation using only divs and spans, so people don't get confused and think that the element

Re: [uf-discuss] adr should be

2007-02-25 Thread Ben Ward
On 25 Feb 2007, at 23:19, Thom Shannon wrote: Brian Suda made a point at barcamp about the documentation using only divs and spans, so people don't get confused and think that the element types matter. Obviously people should use the most suitable elements in the context they're using them

[uf-discuss] cite/embed a microformat tag from another url

2007-02-25 Thread Lorenzo De Tomasi
Hi, is it possible to "cite"/embed/import a microformat tag from another website, using javascript/php + dom or another open web technology? For example I would like to create a web page that gets updated hcards of different organizations directly from their websites... And if I want to have a r

Re: [uf-discuss] adr should be

2007-02-25 Thread Thom Shannon
Brian Suda made a point at barcamp about the documentation using only divs and spans, so people don't get confused and think that the element types matter. Obviously people should use the most suitable elements in the context they're using them. But I think this should be made much clearer in t

Re: [uf-discuss] adr should be

2007-02-25 Thread Christian Heilmann
My recent adr wiki change from to was reverted. Why? is the most appropriate element for addresses. Only if the address is directly related the web page it is published on. The address element is meant as a physical locator of the document maintainer, not for any old address: http://www.w3.

[uf-discuss] adr should be

2007-02-25 Thread James Craig
My recent adr wiki change from to class="adr"> was reverted. Why? is the most appropriate element for addresses. James ___ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-

Re: [uf-discuss] country-code may be missing from hCard/adr spec

2007-02-25 Thread Erin Caton
I see your disagree, and I raise you a link. :) http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_abbr.asp UK is the abbreviated form of United Kingdom. As such, it should be in the content of the tag, or else using the abbr element is unnecessary. However, I have no clue as to whether the class country-

Re: [uf-discuss] country-code may be missing from hCard/adr spec

2007-02-25 Thread Nic James Ferrier
Erin Caton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It doesn't look like abuse to me, it's just inside-out. You want the > abbreviated text in between the tags and the full name in the > title=" ". I disagree. But then I would I guess. My thinking was: The class of the element is "country-name". So t

Re: [uf-discuss] country-code may be missing from hCard/adr spec

2007-02-25 Thread Erin Caton
It doesn't look like abuse to me, it's just inside-out. You want the abbreviated text in between the tags and the full name in the title=" ". Erin. On 25-Feb-07, at 3:19 AM, Andy Mabbett wrote: In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nic James Ferrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes I do: United K

Re: [uf-discuss] country-code may be missing from hCard/adr spec

2007-02-25 Thread Andy Mabbett
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nic James Ferrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >I do: > > United Kingdom > >when I want a country code. That looks like abuse of the "abbr" tag, to me. -- Andy Mabbett Welcome to the wo

Re: [uf-discuss] country-code may be missing from hCard/adr spec

2007-02-25 Thread Andy Mabbett
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >A-1020 I'd mark that up as: A-1020 or possibly: A-1020 After all, most on-line forms have a field for "postal code" into which such data goes. -- Andy Mabbett

Re: [uf-discuss] [hReview] Excerpt in blog post

2007-02-25 Thread Brian Suda
On 2/25/07, Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I *need* excerpt of the review on home page and that excerpt + following review on blog post page. The question is, should I mark up excerpt as hReview and is it possible? --- do you have a link? that would help clarify things if we have a real wor

Re: [uf-discuss] [hReview] Excerpt in blog post

2007-02-25 Thread Riddle
Thank you for explaining a bit about include-thing, but I'm afraid I still need help to solve my problem. I *need* excerpt of the review on home page and that excerpt + following review on blog post page. The question is, should I mark up excerpt as hReview and is it possible? -- Riddle ___

Re: [uf-discuss] Combining Classes (hCard) [was country-code may be missing from hCard/adr spec]

2007-02-25 Thread Brian Suda
On 2/25/07, Tim White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Could you not reduce DK DK you can do that and add other additional values for CSS style (or just style country-name). Some companies, due to legacy styling and CSS can't change the style of "country-code" to be on "country-name", but it is perf

Re: [uf-discuss] Combining Classes (hCard) [was country-code may be missing from hCard/adr spec]

2007-02-25 Thread Tim White
Brian Suda wrote: > >Sølvgade 83, opg. S >title="Denmark">DK-1307 >København K. >DENMARK > Could you not reduce DK ~ Tim tjameswhite.com'>http://www.tjameswhite.com";>tjameswhite.com Bored stiff? Loosen

Re: [uf-discuss] [hReview] Excerpt in blog post

2007-02-25 Thread Brian Suda
On 2/25/07, Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... So, I thought about following construction. On main page: == Short text. http://blog.com/entry/#review-1"; class="include"> the include pattern will onl

Re: [uf-discuss] country-code may be missing from hCard/adr spec

2007-02-25 Thread Brian Suda
On 2/25/07, James Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sølvgade 83, opg. S DK-1307 København K. DENMARK hCard is modeled after the vCard RFC 2426. It uses a different system to mark-up addresses than the ISO model. But they can easily be combined; for example: Sølvgade 83, opg. S DK-1307 Københav

[uf-discuss] [hReview] Excerpt in blog post

2007-02-25 Thread Riddle
Hello I was digging into hReview specification because I'm about setting up blog with movie reviews. The only thing that bothers me is excerpt of my review. I want to present little poster + short description of review on main page of my blog and then put link "continue reading" to whole blog p

Re: [uf-discuss] country-code may be missing from hCard/adr spec

2007-02-25 Thread James Craig
Nic James Ferrier wrote: James Craig wrote: i18n note: country-code may be missing. Usually a postal-code prefix, such as "FIN-00630 Helsinki" or "L-4750 Petange" (Luxembourg), used in addition to, or in lieu of, the country-name. Thoughts? I do United Kingdom when I want a country code.

Re: [uf-discuss] country-code may be missing from hCard/adr spec

2007-02-25 Thread Nic James Ferrier
James Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i18n note: country-code may be missing. Usually a postal-code prefix, > such as "FIN-00630 Helsinki" or "L-4750 Petange" (Luxembourg), used > in addition to, or in lieu of, the country-name. Thoughts? > > http://microformats.org/wiki/adr#Property_List