Hi Abramo,
On Dec 2, 2005, at 1:54 PM, Abramo Bagnara wrote:
Can we reach an agreement that to use a "namespace" for microformats
specific classes is a good thing?
That is an interesting question. I know that Rohit has been asking
that same question. The conventional answer is that microformat
classes *are* in fact the same classes you'd be using for normal CSS
styling, so there's no need to call them out -- and besides,
namespaces tend to confuse mere mortals.
Is that the right answer? I don't know. I haven't yet heard a fully
convincing counter-argument, but there may be one.
To your example:
With hCalendar I'm forced to this abbr abuse:
<div>
<span class="header">Optional partecipants: </span>
<span class="attendee">
<abbr class="role" title="opt-participant"></abbr>
<a class="cn" href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Abramo Bagnara</a>
</span>,
<span class="attendee">
<abbr class="role" title="opt-participant"></abbr>
<a class="cn" href="[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Licia Tabanelli</a>
</span>
</div
while with my proposal I can do the following:
<div>
<span class="header">
<abbr title="opt-participant">Optional partecipants</abbr>
</span>:
<span class="xx:attendee= xx:@role=../abbr/@title">
<a class="xx:@cn xx:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Abramo
Bagnara</a>
</span>,
<span class="xx:attendee= xx:@role=../abbr/@title">
<a class="xx:@cn xx:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" href="[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Licia
Tabanelli</a>
</span>
</div>
Forgive me if I'm a little slow, but I'm unclear about i) where the
problem is, and ii) how your version is any clearer. That use of
'title' and 'abbr' seems exceedingly odd. Why can't hCalendar
already just do:
<div>
<h2><abbr class="role" title="opt-participant">Optional participants</
abbr></h2>:
<a class="attendee cn url" href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Abramo
Bagnara</a>
<a class="attendee cn url" href="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> Licia
Tabanelli </a>
</div>
Am I completely misunderstanding how role and opt-participant are
supposed to be used? Is the problem that hCalendar wants 'opt-
participant' to be a visible key with class 'role' rather than
invisible one?
-- Ernie P.
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