Re: [uf-discuss] authoritative hCards, a simpler proposl

2007-03-04 Thread John Allsopp
Hi all, Mike Schinkel wrote: Ryan King wrote: Catching up in the last few days, I find that there are some probelems with the authoritative hcards proposals. I' snip My proposal is that we use UID+URL to hint that there's an hCard on the other end of that URL which represents the same

RE: [uf-discuss] authoritative hCards, a simpler proposl

2007-03-04 Thread Mike Schinkel
John Allsopp wrote: A number of somewhat overlapping suggestions seem to be floating around regarding this. There is definitely a strong use case, IMO, for somehow indicating that some hCard over there is a more detailed version of this one. For example, at the various conference sites I

Re: [uf-discuss] authoritative hCards, a simpler proposl

2007-03-04 Thread Scott Reynen
On Mar 4, 2007, at 10:05 PM, Mike Schinkel wrote: And, being an advocate for Well Designed URLs, I do not think the right solution is to simply tag a random and undiscoverable and unmemorizable UID onto the end of a URL. But I'd have to understand the problem domain and use-cases to be

RE: [uf-discuss] authoritative hCards, a simpler proposl

2007-03-04 Thread Mike Schinkel
Scott Reynen wrote: I think you're still a bit confused about what was suggested. Indeed I was confused. I could have sworn I saw some kind of usage that tagged a GUID on the end of a URL, which is what confused me, but I can't seem to find that email in my folders so, not important. Thanks

RE: [uf-discuss] authoritative hCards, a simpler proposl

2007-03-04 Thread Mike Schinkel
Ara Pehlivanian wrote: Maybe the problem is that we're trying to point to an authoratative hCard when in reality what we want to do is simply (like you just said) point to a more detailed hCard. snip The moment the ID is provided, it indicates that the link isn't just pointing to any

RE: [uf-discuss] authoritative hCards, a simpler proposl

2007-03-03 Thread Mike Schinkel
Ryan King wrote: Catching up in the last few days, I find that there are some probelems with the authoritative hcards proposals. I' snip My proposal is that we use UID+URL to hint that there's an hCard on the other end of that URL which represents the same entity. Also, multiple hCards

Re: [uf-discuss] authoritative hCards, a simpler proposl

2007-02-09 Thread Ryan King
On Feb 8, 2007, at 7:45 PM, Lachlan Hardy wrote: Hi, Ryan Thanks for summarising. It was getting confusing skipping around all those threads I want to address your points out of order, if I may. Firstly, just to check that I have understood your proposal correctly Also, the algorithm for

[uf-discuss] authoritative hCards, a simpler proposl

2007-02-08 Thread Ryan King
I apologize for being semi-away for awhile. Catching up in the last few days, I find that there are some probelems with the authoritative hcards proposals. I've already spoken up a bit, but I want to delineate my perspective and outline in full my counter-proposal. First, the problems:

Re: [uf-discuss] authoritative hCards, a simpler proposl

2007-02-08 Thread Lachlan Hardy
Hi, Ryan Thanks for summarising. It was getting confusing skipping around all those threads I want to address your points out of order, if I may. Firstly, just to check that I have understood your proposal correctly Also, the algorithm for finding the most authoritative hCard: 1. if no uid

Re: [uf-discuss] authoritative hCards, a simpler proposl

2007-02-08 Thread David Janes
On 2/8/07, Ryan King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I propose that this is a simpler solution which will work better. Also, the algorithm for finding the most authoritative hCard: 1. if no uid or uid == the uid from the previous iteration/recursion = you're done 2. if url == uid and there's an hCard