On 10/13/07, Tantek Çelik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/13/07 1:11 PM, "Martin McEvoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 20:48 +0100, Andy Mabbett wrote: > >> > >> It's my understanding that "item" in microformats was intended purely > >> as > >> a delimiter, with the same - empty - semantic value as SPAN and DIV in > >> HTML. > > > > the exact same semantics are mirrored In my suggestion in hAudio, do you > > not think that Item can be a powerful tool in microformats if we use it > > the same way as a div or a span in html? > > Precisely. > > > > I think if we use track ... > > > > <span class="track"> > > <span class="fn>Nagasaki Nightmare</span> > > </span> > > > > in the context of hAudio does it have any more meaning than > > > > <span class="item"> > > <span class="fn>Nagasaki Nightmare</span> > > </span> > > > > track and item are both being used as container for which the contents > > describe what it is? > > Correct, they appear to be isomorphic. > > > > Anyway there is only Me at the moment supporting using *item* instead of > > a new microformat *track* > > I support re-use of "item" as well, rather than inventing a new term that > has apparently the same semantics, which would violate one of our naming > principles: re-use the same name to mean the same thing (instead of using > two names to mean the same thing). > > http://microformats.org/wiki/naming-principles#Reuse
Note that a did a moderate amount of work on this last year [1], looking over the options as isolating item as it's own microformat, as a design pattern, or as a microformat explicitly designed to be used as a composite. Also supported by examples [2] and formats [3] Regards, etc... [1] http://microformats.org/wiki/item [2] http://microformats.org/wiki/item-examples [3] http://microformats.org/wiki/item-formats -- David Janes Founder, BlogMatrix http://www.blogmatrix.com http://blogmatrix.blogmatrix.com _______________________________________________ microformats-new mailing list microformats-new@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-new