On 4/20/06, Scott Reynen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 20, 2006, at 11:34 AM, Bruce D'Arcus wrote: > > > What value do microformats provide in this context? They hardly seem > > ideal for the sort of straight data transport that seems to be the > > focus on the gdata stuff. > > ... Human-readable data is > easier for human programmers to work with, even if it's being > consumed and produced entirely by machines. >
Call this reason #1. > When it's not being used > solely by machines (as RSS and Atom are not), it also cuts down on > data repetition, which reduces opportunity for error and is just less > work for everyone involved. > Call this reason #2. I'll add reason #3, my favorite, which is that tools to work with cool new stuff inevitably lag the the desired adoption of said new stuff, so the ability to hand-author, then use the hand-authored data inside existing technology, can be a big win. The thing is, #3 is sufficient, with #2 as a sweetener. You don't actually have to buy into #1 to like uf's. In fact, you could disagree with it strongly. And some people do. I bring this up not as an excuse to discuss #1 :-), but rather as a possible partial explanation for the resistance. -cks -- Christopher St. John http://artofsystems.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
