In message <[email protected]>, Matthew Somerville <[email protected]> writes
>Andy Mabbett wrote: >> I would start by re-adding the hCard microformat to: >> http://www.mysociety.org/about/contact/ >> and then add one to the contact pages in individual projects. > >I can understand your reasoning for asking for this. Indeed; 18 months ago you added one. I don't understand why it was removed. >> Then I would add hCard mark-up to the name, role ("MP") and constituency >> on pages like: >> <http://www.writetothem.com/write?who=1523&pc=B44+8AA> > >I however cannot follow this - what use would this provide? If I'm right in thinking such pages are only reached after entering a valid postcode, then perhaps that's not such a high priority, since they won't be found by search-spiders. >> Likewise for politicians' names and constituencies in "They Work for >> You" and "Hear From Your MP"; and for the names and locations of local >> authorities and similar organisations on all sites, including >> FixMyStreet and WhatDoTheyKnow. > >I don't understand the benefit of this either (ignoring the fact we >don't have the "location" of local authorities). It would add semantic richness, thereby enabling mashups and facilitating the "rich snippets" recently announced by Google; and fundability in Yahoo's microformat search. I think it's a fair bet that Birmingham City Council is in Birmingham, and Sheffield City Council is in Sheffield... ;-) >> Lastly - for now - I would use Geo, on "FixMyStreet", for the locations >> of issue reports (which would entail exposing the WGS80 coordinates on >> the page; but that would seem to be a good move, anyway). > >Yes, I can understand why this would be asked for (though note that, as >far as I am aware, no-one has ever done so, or actually said they need >this for anything). I have. On further consideration, I would make my second priority adding an hCard to each page like this: <http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/khalid_mahmood/birmingham%2C_perry_barr> including the party ("org" in hCard), URLs, photo and several "note" properties. -- Andy Mabbett _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
