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

2007-02-26 Thread Mark Jaroski
Michael MD wrote: > >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 iss

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] 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] 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] 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

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

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

2007-02-24 Thread James Craig
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 __