On 10/27/05, Julian Reschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > James M Snell wrote: > > > > Julian Reschke wrote: > > > >> > >> +1 > >> > >> I think I do understand the benefits of microformats (I even put code > >> into rfc2629.xslt so that it supports hcard), but it's entirely > >> unclear to me why to use those over here. If microformats would have > >> an advantage in *general*, we wouly only design microformats, not XML > >> vocabularies, right? So why then the Atom XML format in the first place? > >> > > There are two clear benefits to the microformat approach for > > introspection that are readily apparent: > > > > 1. reuse of an existing format > > ... > > But is it an existing format that we can normatively refer to? >
Yes. XHTML is a standard to which we can refer. We get the added benefit of our documents having meaning in other contexts. Like existing search engines. > Last time I checked (is <http://microformats.org/wiki/xoxo> the right > place?), the authors *intended* to submit the spec to a standards body > at some point in the future. I don't think that's sufficient for the > spec this working group is working on. > This is another good reason to use our own profile. - Luke
