The question was about applying microformats to "press releases" not "public announcements".
Paul (not a pedant by nature) On 1/18/06, Ryan King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 17, 2006, at 5:05 PM, Andreas Haugstrup wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 01:54:09 +0100, B.K. DeLong > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> At 07:47 PM 1/17/2006, Scott Reynen wrote: > >>> admin Yellowikis wrote: > >>> > >>>> Would hAtom allow an embargo on a press release? > >>> > >>> Do you have an example of anyone publishing an embargoed press > >>> release on the web? > >> > >> Agreed - embargoed press releases are usually emailed or faxed > >> straight to trusted journalists who would respect the embargo. > >> Posting them on a public Web site defeats the purpose. > > > > They are also republished by wire services to their clients. At > > least in Denmark the wire agency Ritzau sends embargoed press > > releases (and stories) to newspapers via their electronic telegram > > service. I agree that posting embargoed stories on the open web > > would defeat the purpose, but they might be posted in non-public > > parts of the web (though it is harder to research). > > I don't think non-public use-cases are very interesting at this point > (we have plenty of public use-cases to work on). > > I think we have a consensus: "just use hAtom." Now, about hAtom.... > > -ryan > -- > Ryan King > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > microformats-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss > -- Yellowikis is to Yellow Pages, as Wikipedia is to The Encyclopedia Britannica _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
