I have a use case[1] for embedding ticker symbol metadata into blog posts -- with fields like company name, symbol, exchange, country, etc. There's an existing if proprietary XML format for this data which lends itself to a very simple structured-blogging-style embedding via script tags or (ugh) HTML comments. We're likely to use that for a short term solution. I'd like to propose an alternative or at least accompanying microformat as well -- has anyone done any work on this? I'll throw something up on the wiki when I have some time, but I'm lazy and would love to adopt or adapt someone else's work.Sorry to reply to my own post, but: Kevin Lawver has suggested that perhaps an extension of hCard could be used for this purpose -- the idea here being that this is like identifying a specific entity. It seems plausible, but then what if someone recommends a mutual fund like VTSMX that doesn't correspond to an actual organization?
[1] http://journals.aol.com/hilaryonstocks/hilaryonstocks
The minimal required fields for our use case (indexing mentioned ticker symbols) are the ticker symbol string, the country, and possibly the trading exchange. Of these, I think country of origin is the only one that hCard provides out of the box -- the others would need to be extensions. Any thoughts?
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John Panzer
Sr. Technical Manager
http://journals.aol.com/panzerjohn/abstractioneer
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