On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Jonathan M. Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dan, > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 01:29, Dan Chudnov <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Mar 21, 2011, at 12:38 PM, Jonathan M. Lane wrote: >> >>> I think it might be time to revise unAPI to encourage (preferably mandate, >>> but that's probably unrealistic) the use of the value class pattern, which >>> is a proven microformat pattern that does not have the same accessibility >>> issues as the ABBR design pattern. >> >> Thanks for bringing this up. Sorry for the delayed response. >> >> I haven't been tuned in to microformats in a while. Is this the pattern >> you're referring to? >> >> http://microformats.org/wiki/value-class-pattern > > Exactly right. > >> I'm not sure there's a lot to gain from updating unAPI at this point. Are >> you using it? > > I am not using it myself, but I work closely with the technical > library at my institutional library, who are actively maintaining some > unAPI access points on some of their services and systems. > > While unAPI may be past it's prime (I am not certain if unAPI has been > replaced by something newer/more appealing), updating the standard to > recommend the use of a more accessibility-friendly and semantically > correct microformat would be beneficial for anyone still using unAPI > or those considering implementing it. > > Any reasons why it may not be worth updating the standard to use the > value-class-pattern microformat? >
Evergreen (http://evergreen-ils.org/) uses unAPI extensively, so we wouldn't want to see the abbr-title pattern removed, but I don't see any reason to avoid aligning the spec with the value-class pattern a bit in terms of supported implementation. Note, though, that the value for unAPI is a tag: URI, not human-usable data, so it may be less applicable to unAPI than, say, hCard. My $0.02 ... -- Mike Rylander | VP, Research and Design | Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: [email protected] | web: http://www.esilibrary.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gcs-pcs-list" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gcs-pcs-list?hl=en.
